diff --git a/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/cli.rs
index 2e2c94ee86..872fe726d7 100644
--- a/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_pm_cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ pub enum PmCommands {
         subcommand: String,
 
         /// Additional arguments
-        #[arg(last = true, allow_hyphen_values = true)]
+        #[arg(allow_hyphen_values = true, trailing_var_arg = true)]
         pass_through_args: Option<Vec<String>>,
     },
 
@@ -1416,6 +1416,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(pass_through_args, Some(vec!["--workspace-root".to_string()]));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn cache_clean_accepts_flags_without_separator() {
+        let command = parse_pm_command(&["vp", "pm", "cache", "clean", "--force"])
+            .expect("cache pass-through flags should parse");
+
+        let PackageManagerCommand::Pm(PmCommands::Cache { pass_through_args, .. }) = command else {
+            panic!("expected Cache variant");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(pass_through_args, Some(vec!["--force".to_string()]));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn stage_publish_parses() {
         let command = parse_pm_command(&["vp", "pm", "stage", "publish", "--tag", "next"])
diff --git a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-bun/snap.txt b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-bun/snap.txt
index 6c74bd2757..c32141ba6c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-bun/snap.txt
+++ b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-bun/snap.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 > vp pm cache --help # should show help
-Usage: vp pm cache <SUBCOMMAND> [-- <PASS_THROUGH_ARGS>...]
+Usage: vp pm cache <SUBCOMMAND> [PASS_THROUGH_ARGS]...
 
 Manage package cache
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm10/snap.txt b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm10/snap.txt
index 046e134dbe..2bddb46168 100644
--- a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm10/snap.txt
+++ b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm10/snap.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 > vp pm cache --help # should show help
-Usage: vp pm cache <SUBCOMMAND> [-- <PASS_THROUGH_ARGS>...]
+Usage: vp pm cache <SUBCOMMAND> [PASS_THROUGH_ARGS]...
 
 Manage package cache
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm11/snap.txt b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm11/snap.txt
index 046e134dbe..2bddb46168 100644
--- a/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm11/snap.txt
+++ b/packages/cli/snap-tests-global/command-cache-pnpm11/snap.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 > vp pm cache --help # should show help
-Usage: vp pm cache <SUBCOMMAND> [-- <PASS_THROUGH_ARGS>...]
+Usage: vp pm cache <SUBCOMMAND> [PASS_THROUGH_ARGS]...
 
 Manage package cache