diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/package.json b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
index 892096e67b53..590921a2423b 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "@storybook/node-logger": "7.0.22",
     "@storybook/types": "7.0.22",
     "@types/node": "^16.0.0",
+    "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.4",
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.17.0",
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
     "glob-promise": "^6.0.2",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
     "lazy-universal-dotenv": "^4.0.0",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.0.0",
     "picomatch": "^2.3.0",
     "pkg-dir": "^5.0.0",
     "pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts
index eb956201668d..c0f530531b7e 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { readJSON } from 'fs-extra';
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
 import findUp from 'find-up';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 import resolveFrom from 'resolve-from';
 import { logger } from '@storybook/node-logger';
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index 0616b22d4f76..3666134ca48a 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -5858,6 +5858,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@storybook/types": 7.0.22
     "@types/mock-fs": ^4.13.1
     "@types/node": ^16.0.0
+    "@types/node-fetch": ^2.6.4
     "@types/picomatch": ^2.3.0
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": ^1.0.0
     chalk: ^4.1.0
@@ -5871,6 +5872,7 @@ __metadata:
     handlebars: ^4.7.7
     lazy-universal-dotenv: ^4.0.0
     mock-fs: ^5.2.0
+    node-fetch: ^2.0.0
     picomatch: ^2.3.0
     pkg-dir: ^5.0.0
     pretty-hrtime: ^1.0.3
@@ -8224,13 +8226,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/node-fetch@npm:^2.5.7":
-  version: 2.6.3
-  resolution: "@types/node-fetch@npm:2.6.3"
+"@types/node-fetch@npm:^2.5.7, @types/node-fetch@npm:^2.6.4":
+  version: 2.6.4
+  resolution: "@types/node-fetch@npm:2.6.4"
   dependencies:
     "@types/node": "*"
     form-data: ^3.0.0
-  checksum: ce1a546d9a6f8df1c937f3c06ad85b57d92974a5feccc3502d13c0fc76c83629cd3f3f255dee03e5050abf90d0871f06628863ae758b70697af8b39cdd2e1c01
+  checksum: e43e4670ed8b7693dbf660ac1450b14fcfcdd8efca1eb0f501b6ad95af2d1fa06f8541db03e9511e82a5fee510a238fe0913330c9a58f8ac6892b985f6dd993e
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -22833,9 +22835,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
-  version: 2.6.9
-  resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.6.9"
+"node-fetch@npm:^2.0.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
+  version: 2.6.11
+  resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.6.11"
   dependencies:
     whatwg-url: ^5.0.0
   peerDependencies:
@@ -22843,7 +22845,7 @@ __metadata:
   peerDependenciesMeta:
     encoding:
       optional: true
-  checksum: 7a4a0e027e509b741bec4172749103f158da23187ff251cb988dd54ea7267519c3fa11838971da0f5f3c54e79da3174e7bd72aa2179c9f69887511ece16c9c0f
+  checksum: 3ec847ca43f678d07b80abfd85bdf06523c2554ee9a494c992c5fc61f5d9cde9f9f16aa33ff09a62f19eee9d54813b8850d7f054cdfee8b2daf789c57f8eeaea
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard