diff --git a/scripts/version.js b/scripts/version.js
index 3d3a5e29c9..144d4a8212 100644
--- a/scripts/version.js
+++ b/scripts/version.js
@@ -36,9 +36,35 @@ run(`npm version ${versionType} --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version`);
 
 // 3. Get all workspaces and filter out the one we don't want to version.
 const workspacesToExclude = [];
-const lsOutput = JSON.parse(
-  execSync('npm ls --workspaces --json --depth=0').toString(),
-);
+let lsOutput;
+try {
+  lsOutput = JSON.parse(
+    execSync('npm ls --workspaces --json --depth=0').toString(),
+  );
+} catch (e) {
+  // `npm ls` can exit with a non-zero status code if there are issues
+  // with dependencies, but it will still produce the JSON output we need.
+  // We'll try to parse the stdout from the error object.
+  if (e.stdout) {
+    console.warn(
+      'Warning: `npm ls` exited with a non-zero status code. Attempting to proceed with the output.',
+    );
+    try {
+      lsOutput = JSON.parse(e.stdout.toString());
+    } catch (parseError) {
+      console.error(
+        'Error: Failed to parse JSON from `npm ls` output even after `npm ls` failed.',
+      );
+      console.error('npm ls stderr:', e.stderr.toString());
+      console.error('Parse error:', parseError);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.error('Error: `npm ls` failed with no output.');
+    console.error(e.stderr?.toString() || e);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
 const allWorkspaces = Object.keys(lsOutput.dependencies || {});
 const workspacesToVersion = allWorkspaces.filter(
   (wsName) => !workspacesToExclude.includes(wsName),