diff --git a/.prettierrc.json b/.prettierrc.json
index 661f253672..3c53558cd9 100644
--- a/.prettierrc.json
+++ b/.prettierrc.json
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "useTabs": true
+  "useTabs": true,
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "files": "*.json",
+      "options": {
+        "useTabs": false
+      }
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95d5556ae7..127b0c6380 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## [8.7.2](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/compare/v8.7.1...v8.7.2) (2024-05-28)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix `npm i -g nativescript` on npm 10.4.0+ ([9d2ec7c](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/commit/9d2ec7cb6a12ea10439ea287991812645a156473))
+
+### Features
+
+* don't uninstall app by default ([bac14c0](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/commit/bac14c06568c7a0538618d9ca1e369a56dd272b5))
+
+
+
 ## [8.7.1](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/compare/v8.7.0...v8.7.1) (2024-05-16)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/common/mobile/application-manager-base.ts b/lib/common/mobile/application-manager-base.ts
index d5daf3a7ce..c61e89a6bd 100644
--- a/lib/common/mobile/application-manager-base.ts
+++ b/lib/common/mobile/application-manager-base.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import * as _ from "lodash";
 
 export abstract class ApplicationManagerBase
 	extends EventEmitter
-	implements Mobile.IDeviceApplicationManager {
+	implements Mobile.IDeviceApplicationManager
+{
 	private lastInstalledAppIdentifiers: string[];
 	private lastAvailableDebuggableApps: Mobile.IDeviceApplicationInformation[];
 	private lastAvailableDebuggableAppViews: IDictionary<
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export abstract class ApplicationManagerBase
 			appIdentifier
 		);
 
-		if (isApplicationInstalled) {
+		if (isApplicationInstalled && buildData?.clean) {
 			await this.uninstallApplication(appIdentifier);
 		}
 
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ export abstract class ApplicationManagerBase
 					// use locking, so the next executions will not get into the body, while the first one is still working.
 					// In case we do not break the next executions, we'll report each app as newly installed several times.
 					try {
-						const currentlyInstalledAppIdentifiers = await this.getInstalledApplications();
+						const currentlyInstalledAppIdentifiers =
+							await this.getInstalledApplications();
 						const previouslyInstalledAppIdentifiers =
 							this.lastInstalledAppIdentifiers || [];
 
@@ -122,9 +124,7 @@ export abstract class ApplicationManagerBase
 		appIdentifier?: string,
 		buildData?: IBuildData
 	): Promise<void>;
-	public abstract uninstallApplication(
-		appIdentifier: string
-	): Promise<void>;
+	public abstract uninstallApplication(appIdentifier: string): Promise<void>;
 	public abstract startApplication(
 		appData: Mobile.IApplicationData
 	): Promise<void>;
@@ -190,9 +190,8 @@ export abstract class ApplicationManagerBase
 		_.each(
 			currentlyAvailableAppViews,
 			(currentlyAvailableViews, appIdentifier) => {
-				const previouslyAvailableViews = this.lastAvailableDebuggableAppViews[
-					appIdentifier
-				];
+				const previouslyAvailableViews =
+					this.lastAvailableDebuggableAppViews[appIdentifier];
 
 				const newAvailableViews = _.differenceBy(
 					currentlyAvailableViews,
@@ -229,9 +228,8 @@ export abstract class ApplicationManagerBase
 					}
 				});
 
-				this.lastAvailableDebuggableAppViews[
-					appIdentifier
-				] = currentlyAvailableViews;
+				this.lastAvailableDebuggableAppViews[appIdentifier] =
+					currentlyAvailableViews;
 			}
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/application-manager-base.ts b/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/application-manager-base.ts
index 9da40e8e6c..a2cf93db77 100644
--- a/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/application-manager-base.ts
+++ b/lib/common/test/unit-tests/mobile/application-manager-base.ts
@@ -321,9 +321,8 @@ describe("ApplicationManagerBase", () => {
 					currentlyAvailableAppsForDebugging,
 					numberOfViewsPerApp
 				);
-				const currentDebuggableViews: IDictionary<
-					Mobile.IDebugWebViewInfo[]
-				> = {};
+				const currentDebuggableViews: IDictionary<Mobile.IDebugWebViewInfo[]> =
+					{};
 				applicationManager.on(
 					"debuggableViewFound",
 					(appIdentifier: string, d: Mobile.IDebugWebViewInfo) => {
@@ -368,9 +367,8 @@ describe("ApplicationManagerBase", () => {
 				const expectedResults = _.cloneDeep(
 					currentlyAvailableAppWebViewsForDebugging
 				);
-				const currentDebuggableViews: IDictionary<
-					Mobile.IDebugWebViewInfo[]
-				> = {};
+				const currentDebuggableViews: IDictionary<Mobile.IDebugWebViewInfo[]> =
+					{};
 
 				applicationManager
 					.checkForApplicationUpdates()
@@ -819,9 +817,8 @@ describe("ApplicationManagerBase", () => {
 					removedApps = removedApps.concat(currentlyRemovedApps);
 
 					const currentlyAddedApps = [`app${index}`];
-					currentlyInstalledApps = currentlyInstalledApps.concat(
-						currentlyAddedApps
-					);
+					currentlyInstalledApps =
+						currentlyInstalledApps.concat(currentlyAddedApps);
 					installedApps = installedApps.concat(currentlyAddedApps);
 
 					await testInstalledAppsResults();
@@ -1004,7 +1001,11 @@ describe("ApplicationManagerBase", () => {
 			applicationManager.isApplicationInstalled = (appIdentifier: string) =>
 				Promise.resolve(true);
 
-			await applicationManager.reinstallApplication("appId", "packageFilePath");
+			await applicationManager.reinstallApplication(
+				"appId",
+				"packageFilePath",
+				{ clean: true } as any
+			);
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(uninstallApplicationAppIdParam, "appId");
 		});
 
@@ -1047,7 +1048,11 @@ describe("ApplicationManagerBase", () => {
 				return Promise.resolve();
 			};
 
-			await applicationManager.reinstallApplication("appId", "packageFilePath");
+			await applicationManager.reinstallApplication(
+				"appId",
+				"packageFilePath",
+				{ clean: true } as any
+			);
 
 			assert.isTrue(
 				isUninstallApplicationCalled,
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0d76d30b6f..329dba9e44 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
       "version": "8.7.1",
       "bundleDependencies": [
         "@npmcli/move-file",
-        "stringify-package"
+        "stringify-package",
+        "fsevents"
       ],
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
@@ -5354,6 +5355,7 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-5xoDfX+fL7faATnagmWPpbFtwh/R77WmMMqqHGS65C3vvB0YHrgF+B1YmZ3441tMj5n63k0212XNoJwzlhffQw==",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "inBundle": true,
       "optional": true,
       "os": [
         "darwin"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b58702a1e..d74038d954 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
-  "preferGlobal": true,
-  "version": "8.7.1",
+  "main": "./lib/nativescript-cli-lib.js",
+  "version": "8.7.2",
   "author": "NativeScript <support@nativescript.org>",
   "description": "Command-line interface for building NativeScript projects",
   "bin": {
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "nsc": "./bin/tns",
     "ns": "./bin/tns"
   },
-  "main": "./lib/nativescript-cli-lib.js",
   "files": [
     "bin/*",
     "config",
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@
     "xml2js": "0.6.2",
     "yargs": "17.7.1"
   },
-  "analyze": true,
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/archiver": "^5.3.2",
     "@types/byline": "^4.2.33",
@@ -171,13 +169,6 @@
     "sinon": "15.0.3",
     "source-map-support": "0.5.21"
   },
-  "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=10.0.0"
-  },
-  "lint-staged": {
-    "*.ts": "prettier --write"
-  },
   "bundleDependencies_comment1": "These dependencies are bundled in the CLI and are not installed from npm to avoid deprecation warnings.",
   "bundleDependencies_comment2": "Eventually we'll remove them as we replaced their functionality.",
   "bundleDependencies_comment3": "note: @npmcli/move-file is a transient dep of pacote - we dont use it directly.",
@@ -185,6 +176,9 @@
     "@npmcli/move-file",
     "stringify-package"
   ],
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "fsevents": "*"
+  },
   "overrides": {
     "jimp": {
       "xml2js": "0.6.2"
@@ -192,5 +186,13 @@
     "npm-watch": {
       "nodemon": "3.0.3"
     }
+  },
+  "analyze": true,
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=14.0.0"
+  },
+  "lint-staged": {
+    "*.ts": "prettier --write"
   }
 }

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