diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts
index 79dfe4a5fb29..923a06409968 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ export abstract class JsPackageManager {
     basePath?: string
   ): Promise<PackageJson | null>;
 
-  public abstract getPackageVersion(packageName: string, basePath?: string): Promise<string | null>;
+  async getPackageVersion(packageName: string, basePath = this.cwd): Promise<string | null> {
+    const packageJSON = await this.getPackageJSON(packageName, basePath);
+    return packageJSON ? packageJSON.version ?? null : null;
+  }
 
   // NOTE: for some reason yarn prefers the npm registry in
   // local development, so always use npm
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/NPMProxy.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/NPMProxy.ts
index 6e4e2939fca1..62d8be2fec5c 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/NPMProxy.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/NPMProxy.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
 import { sync as findUpSync } from 'find-up';
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import semver from 'semver';
 import { logger } from '@storybook/node-logger';
 import { JsPackageManager } from './JsPackageManager';
 import type { PackageJson } from './PackageJson';
@@ -102,11 +101,6 @@ export class NPMProxy extends JsPackageManager {
     return packageJson;
   }
 
-  public async getPackageVersion(packageName: string, basePath = this.cwd): Promise<string | null> {
-    const packageJson = await this.getPackageJSON(packageName, basePath);
-    return packageJson ? semver.coerce(packageJson.version)?.version ?? null : null;
-  }
-
   getInstallArgs(): string[] {
     if (!this.installArgs) {
       this.installArgs = [];
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts
index d6cb6c99c175..7e7f0279e226 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/PNPMProxy.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
 import { sync as findUpSync } from 'find-up';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import semver from 'semver';
 import { JsPackageManager } from './JsPackageManager';
 import type { PackageJson } from './PackageJson';
 import type { InstallationMetadata, PackageMetadata } from './types';
@@ -159,12 +158,6 @@ export class PNPMProxy extends JsPackageManager {
     return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf-8'));
   }
 
-  async getPackageVersion(packageName: string, basePath = this.cwd): Promise<string | null> {
-    const packageJSON = await this.getPackageJSON(packageName, basePath);
-
-    return packageJSON ? semver.coerce(packageJSON.version)?.version ?? null : null;
-  }
-
   protected getResolutions(packageJson: PackageJson, versions: Record<string, string>) {
     return {
       overrides: {
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn1Proxy.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn1Proxy.ts
index 039a06f956cf..2018e8f8ddf4 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn1Proxy.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn1Proxy.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
 import { sync as findUpSync } from 'find-up';
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import semver from 'semver';
 import { createLogStream } from '../utils/cli';
 import { JsPackageManager } from './JsPackageManager';
 import type { PackageJson } from './PackageJson';
@@ -82,11 +81,6 @@ export class Yarn1Proxy extends JsPackageManager {
     return JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf-8')) as Record<string, any>;
   }
 
-  public async getPackageVersion(packageName: string, basePath = this.cwd): Promise<string | null> {
-    const packageJson = await this.getPackageJSON(packageName, basePath);
-    return packageJson ? semver.coerce(packageJson.version)?.version ?? null : null;
-  }
-
   public async findInstallations(pattern: string[]) {
     const commandResult = await this.executeCommand({
       command: 'yarn',
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts
index 3dde844cba15..4f76868d395c 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/js-package-manager/Yarn2Proxy.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { PosixFS, VirtualFS, ZipOpenFS } from '@yarnpkg/fslib';
 import { getLibzipSync } from '@yarnpkg/libzip';
-import semver from 'semver';
 import { createLogStream } from '../utils/cli';
 import { JsPackageManager } from './JsPackageManager';
 import type { PackageJson } from './PackageJson';
@@ -174,11 +173,6 @@ export class Yarn2Proxy extends JsPackageManager {
     return packageJson;
   }
 
-  async getPackageVersion(packageName: string, basePath = this.cwd): Promise<string | null> {
-    const packageJSON = await this.getPackageJSON(packageName, basePath);
-    return packageJSON ? semver.coerce(packageJSON.version)?.version ?? null : null;
-  }
-
   protected getResolutions(packageJson: PackageJson, versions: Record<string, string>) {
     return {
       resolutions: {