diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/package.json b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
index c692797811f7..59daf94c42a4 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
     "@types/mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
     "@types/picomatch": "^2.3.0",
     "mock-fs": "^4.13.0",
+    "type-fest": "^2.17.0",
     "typescript": "~4.6.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/types.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/types.ts
index 7f8bbed06afe..7ecd61cb3d97 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/types.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/types.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { TransformOptions } from '@babel/core';
 import { Router } from 'express';
 import { Server } from 'http';
 import type { Parameters } from '@storybook/csf';
+import type { PackageJson } from 'type-fest';
 import type { FileSystemCache } from './utils/file-cache';
 
 /**
@@ -109,18 +110,7 @@ export interface BuilderResult {
   stats?: Stats;
 }
 
-// TODO: this is a generic interface that we can share across multiple SB packages (like @storybook/cli)
-export interface PackageJson {
-  name: string;
-  version: string;
-  dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
-  devDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
-  peerDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
-  scripts?: Record<string, string>;
-  eslintConfig?: Record<string, any>;
-  type?: 'module';
-  [key: string]: any;
-}
+export { PackageJson };
 
 // TODO: This could be exported to the outside world and used in `options.ts` file of each `@storybook/APP`
 // like it's described in docs/api/new-frameworks.md
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-info.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-info.ts
index e44e75f08a02..c9e8369542bb 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-info.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-info.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const logger = console;
 
 const findDependency = (
   { dependencies, devDependencies, peerDependencies }: PackageJson,
-  predicate: (entry: [string, string]) => string
+  predicate: (entry: [string, string | undefined]) => string
 ) => [
   Object.entries(dependencies || {}).find(predicate),
   Object.entries(devDependencies || {}).find(predicate),
diff --git a/code/lib/telemetry/src/storybook-metadata.ts b/code/lib/telemetry/src/storybook-metadata.ts
index 6e8647e3fcd0..99755f79a18c 100644
--- a/code/lib/telemetry/src/storybook-metadata.ts
+++ b/code/lib/telemetry/src/storybook-metadata.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const getStorybookMetadata = async (_configDir?: string) => {
     return cachedMetadata;
   }
 
-  const { packageJson = {} as PackageJson } = readPkgUp.sync({ cwd: process.cwd() }) || {};
+  const { packageJson = {} } = readPkgUp.sync({ cwd: process.cwd(), normalize: false }) || {};
   const configDir =
     (_configDir ||
       (getStorybookConfiguration(
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index e860326033e1..ae9d26708384 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -7927,6 +7927,7 @@ __metadata:
     slash: ^3.0.0
     telejson: ^6.0.8
     ts-dedent: ^2.0.0
+    type-fest: ^2.17.0
     typescript: ~4.6.3
     util-deprecate: ^1.0.2
   peerDependencies:
@@ -43037,6 +43038,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"type-fest@npm:^2.17.0":
+  version: 2.17.0
+  resolution: "type-fest@npm:2.17.0"
+  checksum: e7707e5c27213919483011d127f333432d82d06b697ca0577cc828b53d384372b4308d3294e849b0111a34fdc7adf5bdef58c5ffa80aa36d19e9851b2a8d9970
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "type-is@npm:~1.6.17, type-is@npm:~1.6.18":
   version: 1.6.18
   resolution: "type-is@npm:1.6.18"