diff --git a/src/mcplocal/tests/smoke/llm.smoke.test.ts b/src/mcplocal/tests/smoke/llm.smoke.test.ts
index d9841a5..2e20b23 100644
--- a/src/mcplocal/tests/smoke/llm.smoke.test.ts
+++ b/src/mcplocal/tests/smoke/llm.smoke.test.ts
@@ -121,10 +121,16 @@ describe('llm smoke', () => {
 
   it('get llms shows the row with KEY column rendered as "secret://name/key"', () => {
     if (!mcpdUp) return;
-    const result = run('get llms');
+    // Table output truncates the KEY column (≈34 chars), so the full
+    // "secret://<name>/<key>" string won't appear verbatim in the row. Assert
+    // against JSON output where the apiKeyRef round-trips as a structured
+    // object.
+    const result = run('get llms -o json');
     expect(result.code).toBe(0);
-    expect(result.stdout).toContain(LLM_NAME);
-    expect(result.stdout).toContain(`secret://${SECRET_NAME}/token`);
+    const rows = JSON.parse(result.stdout) as Array<{ name: string; apiKeyRef?: { name: string; key: string } }>;
+    const row = rows.find((r) => r.name === LLM_NAME);
+    expect(row, `row ${LLM_NAME} must be present`).toBeDefined();
+    expect(row!.apiKeyRef).toEqual({ name: SECRET_NAME, key: 'token' });
   });
 
   it('round-trips yaml output → apply -f', () => {