Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current Behavior

When following the stated instructions as defined on :
https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/getting-started/installation/
and
https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/getting-started/faq/#how-to-update-my-localstack-cli

for installing and updating localstack on macOS, the following error is generated when attempting to run the update command:

❌ Error: The LocalStack CLI can only update itself if installed via PIP. Please follow the instructions on https://docs.localstack.cloud/ to update your CLI.

… this leads into a circular pattern as the above documents are the official guidance provided for installing and updating LocalStack.

Note I am following the recommended practices, ie:

brew install localstack/tap/localstack-cli
localstack update localstack-cli

Expected Behavior

No response

How are you starting LocalStack?

With the localstack script

Steps To Reproduce

follow the official docs for install and update process

Environment

- OS: macOS 26.1
- LocalStack:
  LocalStack version: 4.10.0

Anything else?

No response