diff --git a/src/commands/build-module.ts b/src/commands/build-module.ts
index 6f8c5f395..3a870d1d5 100644
--- a/src/commands/build-module.ts
+++ b/src/commands/build-module.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
     // Find local installed version
     const cwd = resolve(ctx.args.cwd || ctx.args.rootDir)
 
-    const hasLocal = await readPackageJSON(MODULE_BUILDER_PKG, { url: cwd })
+    const hasLocal = await readPackageJSON(MODULE_BUILDER_PKG, { url: cwd }).catch(() => false)
 
     const execArgs = Object.entries({
       '--stub': ctx.args.stub,
diff --git a/src/commands/info.ts b/src/commands/info.ts
index d6c58ebd6..111c39f7d 100644
--- a/src/commands/info.ts
+++ b/src/commands/info.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { NuxtConfig, NuxtModule } from '@nuxt/schema'
+import type { PackageJson } from 'pkg-types'
 
 import os from 'node:os'
 import process from 'node:process'
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
     const nuxtConfig = await getNuxtConfig(cwd)
 
     // Find nearest package.json
-    const { dependencies = {}, devDependencies = {} } = await readPackageJSON(cwd)
+    const { dependencies = {}, devDependencies = {} } = await readPackageJSON(cwd).catch(() => ({} as PackageJson))
 
     // Utils to query a dependency version
     const nuxtPath = await tryResolveNuxt(cwd)
diff --git a/src/commands/module/_utils.ts b/src/commands/module/_utils.ts
index 242fd7e18..e10993bff 100644
--- a/src/commands/module/_utils.ts
+++ b/src/commands/module/_utils.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export function checkNuxtCompatibility(
 }
 
 export async function getNuxtVersion(cwd: string) {
-  const nuxtPkg = await readPackageJSON('nuxt', { url: cwd })
+  const nuxtPkg = await readPackageJSON('nuxt', { url: cwd }).catch(() => null)
   if (nuxtPkg) {
     return nuxtPkg.version!
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/module/add.ts b/src/commands/module/add.ts
index 4a39858ae..083e8db75 100644
--- a/src/commands/module/add.ts
+++ b/src/commands/module/add.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import type { FileHandle } from 'node:fs/promises'
-import type { NuxtModule } from './_utils'
+import type { PackageJson } from 'pkg-types'
 
+import type { NuxtModule } from './_utils'
 import * as fs from 'node:fs'
 import { homedir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
-import process from 'node:process'
 
+import process from 'node:process'
 import { updateConfig } from 'c12/update'
 import { defineCommand } from 'citty'
 import { colors } from 'consola/utils'
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export default defineCommand({
   async setup(ctx) {
     const cwd = resolve(ctx.args.cwd)
     const modules = ctx.args._.map(e => e.trim()).filter(Boolean)
-    const projectPkg = await readPackageJSON(cwd)
+    const projectPkg = await readPackageJSON(cwd).catch(() => ({} as PackageJson))
 
     if (!projectPkg.dependencies?.nuxt && !projectPkg.devDependencies?.nuxt) {
       logger.warn(`No \`nuxt\` dependency detected in \`${cwd}\`.`)
diff --git a/src/utils/banner.ts b/src/utils/banner.ts
index 328654f0d..635800827 100644
--- a/src/utils/banner.ts
+++ b/src/utils/banner.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export async function showVersions(cwd: string) {
       if (!url) {
         continue
       }
-      const p = await readPackageJSON(pkg, { url })
+      const p = await readPackageJSON(pkg, { url }).catch(() => null)
       if (p) {
         return p.version!
       }