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Steps to reproduce

When I attempt to install preview 6 from powershell-7.6.0-preview.6-osx-arm64.pkg either via the installer command:

sudo installer -allowUntrusted -pkg /Users/jwelch/Downloads/powershell-7.6.0-preview.6-osx-arm64.pkg -target /

or via the GUI, the version still shows as preview 5

sudo installer -allowUntrusted -pkg /Users/jwelch/Downloads/powershell-7.6.0-preview.6-osx-arm64.pkg  -target / 
installer: Package name is powershell
installer: Upgrading at base path /
installer: The upgrade was successful.

 /usr/local/microsoft/powershell/7-preview/pwsh
PowerShell 7.6.0-preview.5

Expected behavior

Preview 6 is installed

Actual behavior

Preview 6 is not installed and i get the messages about preview 6 being available

Error details

n/a

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.6.0-preview.5
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.6.0-preview.5
OS                             macOS 26.3.0
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.4
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visuals

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