diff --git a/artifactory/commands/npm/publish.go b/artifactory/commands/npm/publish.go
index 86b0ab248..f8f3327aa 100644
--- a/artifactory/commands/npm/publish.go
+++ b/artifactory/commands/npm/publish.go
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func (npc *NpmPublishCommand) setPackageInfo() error {
 	}
 
 	if fileInfo.IsDir() {
-		npc.packageInfo, err = biutils.ReadPackageInfoFromPackageJson(npc.publishPath, npc.npmVersion)
+		npc.packageInfo, err = biutils.ReadPackageInfoFromPackageJsonIfExists(npc.publishPath, npc.npmVersion)
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Debug("The provided path is not a directory, we assume this is a compressed npm package")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 673d6962d..36072b043 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ require (
 
 // replace github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go => github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go v1.28.1-0.20231003120621-90e9d7ea05e9
 
-// replace github.com/jfrog/build-info-go => github.com/jfrog/build-info-go dev
+replace github.com/jfrog/build-info-go => github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.8.9-0.20231019085746-e1b192457664
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bb400aa67..84a2548f9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOl
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=
 github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6 v6.4.8 h1:HiNzyMSEpsBaduKhmK+CwcpulEeBrTmxutz4oX/oWkg=
 github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6 v6.4.8/go.mod h1:Ndk3ase2CkQbXLLNf5QDHoYb6J9WtVfmHZu9n8rk2xs=
-github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.13 h1:OeoGzPVK/O4TOUYk35uL4bXg/hleyqMrjGjjmyLOYrg=
-github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.9.13/go.mod h1:ujJ8XQZMdT2tMkLSMJNyDd1pCY+duwHdjV+9or9FLIg=
+github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.8.9-0.20231019085746-e1b192457664 h1:6DIV7SpTEBD3xmOuUy9MoOaOw4bFhX0F3FgSyTTtgYQ=
+github.com/jfrog/build-info-go v1.8.9-0.20231019085746-e1b192457664/go.mod h1:ujJ8XQZMdT2tMkLSMJNyDd1pCY+duwHdjV+9or9FLIg=
 github.com/jfrog/gofrog v1.3.1 h1:QqAwQXCVReT724uga1AYqG/ZyrNQ6f+iTxmzkb+YFQk=
 github.com/jfrog/gofrog v1.3.1/go.mod h1:IFMc+V/yf7rA5WZ74CSbXe+Lgf0iApEQLxRZVzKRUR0=
 github.com/jfrog/jfrog-apps-config v1.0.1 h1:mtv6k7g8A8BVhlHGlSveapqf4mJfonwvXYLipdsOFMY=
diff --git a/xray/commands/audit/sca/npm/npm.go b/xray/commands/audit/sca/npm/npm.go
index 9c863f877..3574a3065 100644
--- a/xray/commands/audit/sca/npm/npm.go
+++ b/xray/commands/audit/sca/npm/npm.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func BuildDependencyTree(params utils.AuditParams) (dependencyTrees []*xrayUtils
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	packageInfo, err := biutils.ReadPackageInfoFromPackageJson(currentDir, npmVersion)
+	packageInfo, err := biutils.ReadPackageInfoFromPackageJsonIfExists(currentDir, npmVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/xray/commands/audit/sca/yarn/yarn.go b/xray/commands/audit/sca/yarn/yarn.go
index ed15121dc..60ce98fd8 100644
--- a/xray/commands/audit/sca/yarn/yarn.go
+++ b/xray/commands/audit/sca/yarn/yarn.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func BuildDependencyTree() (dependencyTrees []*xrayUtils.GraphNode, uniqueDeps [
 		return
 	}
 
-	packageInfo, err := biUtils.ReadPackageInfoFromPackageJson(currentDir, nil)
+	packageInfo, err := biUtils.ReadPackageInfoFromPackageJsonIfExists(currentDir, nil)
 	if errorutils.CheckError(err) != nil {
 		return
 	}