diff --git a/-scripts/api-reference-local.sh b/-scripts/api-reference-local.sh
index d1f94bebf1..68366b7dde 100755
--- a/-scripts/api-reference-local.sh
+++ b/-scripts/api-reference-local.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ echo -e "\n > importing data files for tinymce api reference: local from $1\n"
 
 rm -rf "$API_TMPDIR"
 mkdir "$API_TMPDIR"
-npx moxiedoc "$1/modules/tinymce/src/core/main/ts" -t antora -o "$API_TMPDIR/tinymce-api-reference.zip"
+yarn exec moxiedoc -- "$1/modules/tinymce/src/core/main/ts" -t antora -o "$API_TMPDIR/tinymce-api-reference.zip"
 unzip -o "$API_TMPDIR/tinymce-api-reference.zip"
 
 # remove old api adoc pages
diff --git a/-scripts/api-reference.sh b/-scripts/api-reference.sh
index df8065b69c..4e686d4e07 100755
--- a/-scripts/api-reference.sh
+++ b/-scripts/api-reference.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rm -rf _data
 rm -rf "$API_TMPDIR"
 mkdir "$API_TMPDIR"
 curl -s "$TARBALL_URL" | tar xzf - -C "$API_TMPDIR" --strip-components 1
-npx moxiedoc "$API_TMPDIR/modules/tinymce/src/core/main/ts" -t antora -o "$API_TMPDIR/tinymce-api-reference.zip"
+yarn exec moxiedoc -- "$API_TMPDIR/modules/tinymce/src/core/main/ts" -t antora -o "$API_TMPDIR/tinymce-api-reference.zip"
 unzip -o "$API_TMPDIR/tinymce-api-reference.zip"
 
 # remove old api adoc pages