diff --git a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectModification/NpmPackagesUpdater.cs b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectModification/NpmPackagesUpdater.cs
index d8571843fe..8fc800c146 100644
--- a/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectModification/NpmPackagesUpdater.cs
+++ b/framework/src/Volo.Abp.Cli.Core/Volo/Abp/Cli/ProjectModification/NpmPackagesUpdater.cs
@@ -345,11 +345,20 @@ namespace Volo.Abp.Cli.ProjectModification
 
         protected virtual List<string> GetPackageVersionList(JProperty package)
         {
-            var versionListAsJson = CmdHelper.RunCmdAndGetOutput($"npm show {package.Name} versions");
+            var output = CmdHelper.RunCmdAndGetOutput($"npm show {package.Name} versions --json");
+
+            var versionListAsJson = ExtractVersions(output);
+
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<string[]>(versionListAsJson)
                 .OrderByDescending(SemanticVersion.Parse, new VersionComparer()).ToList();
         }
 
+        protected virtual string ExtractVersions(string output)
+        {
+            var arrayStart = output.IndexOf('[');
+            return output.Substring(arrayStart,  output.IndexOf(']') - arrayStart + 1);
+        }
+
         protected virtual bool SpecifiedVersionExists(string version, JProperty package)
         {
             var versionList = GetPackageVersionList(package);