diff --git a/.changeset/mean-dodos-smoke.md b/.changeset/mean-dodos-smoke.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b77b50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mean-dodos-smoke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"app-builder-bin": patch
+---
+
+fix: find the real parent node module
diff --git a/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go b/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go
index 81bc1be..7cf7a1e 100644
--- a/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go
+++ b/pkg/node-modules/nodeModuleCollector.go
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ func (t *Collector) resolveDependency(parentNodeModuleDir string, name string) (
 	}
 
 	dependencyDir := filepath.Join(realParentNodeModuleDir, name)
+	info, err := os.Stat(dependencyDir)
+	if err == nil && !info.IsDir() {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	dependency, err := readPackageJson(dependencyDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {