diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_onboarding/public/application/quickstart_flows/otel_logs/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_onboarding/public/application/quickstart_flows/otel_logs/index.tsx
index 20fa42ca0bf9a..bce15d9a098a1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_onboarding/public/application/quickstart_flows/otel_logs/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_onboarding/public/application/quickstart_flows/otel_logs/index.tsx
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ rm ./otel.yml && cp ./otel_samples/platformlogs_hostmetrics.yml ./otel.yml && mk
       id: 'mac',
       name: 'Mac',
       firstStepTitle: HOST_COMMAND,
-      content: `arch=$(if [[ $(arch) == "arm64" ]]; then echo "aarch64"; else echo $(arch); fi)
+      content: `arch=$(if [[ $(uname -m) == "arm64" ]]; then echo "aarch64"; else echo $(uname -m); fi)
 
 curl --output elastic-distro-${agentVersion}-darwin-$arch.tar.gz --url https://${AGENT_CDN_BASE_URL}/elastic-agent-${agentVersion}-darwin-$arch.tar.gz --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fOL && mkdir -p "elastic-distro-${agentVersion}-darwin-$arch" && tar -xvf elastic-distro-${agentVersion}-darwin-$arch.tar.gz -C "elastic-distro-${agentVersion}-darwin-$arch" --strip-components=1 && cd elastic-distro-${agentVersion}-darwin-$arch