diff --git a/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json b/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json
index 47435c65..38abefab 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-astro-ghostcms/package.json
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
 		"picocolors": "^1.0.0",
 		"arg": "^5.0.2",
 		"execa": "^8.0.1",
-		"fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
-		"read-pkg": "^5.2.0"
+		"fs-extra": "^11.1.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.1",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 08535b97..f9472efc 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -255,9 +255,6 @@ importers:
       picocolors:
         specifier: ^1.0.0
         version: 1.0.0
-      read-pkg:
-        specifier: ^5.2.0
-        version: 5.2.0
     devDependencies:
       '@types/fs-extra':
         specifier: ^11.0.1