diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84291c9e32b..27d5e10d859 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 - Always setup Data Connect SDK when FDC_CONNECTOR env var is set.
 - `firebase init` now uses FIREBASE_PROJECT env var as the default project name.
 - Add emulator support to firestore MCP tools. (#8700)
+- Increased npm timeout for web frameworks to 60s. (#8702)
+- Fallback to reading web framework dependencies version directly from node_modules package.json when the npm timeout is reached. (#8702)
diff --git a/src/frameworks/constants.ts b/src/frameworks/constants.ts
index b3d6e754082..b98584e0f2e 100644
--- a/src/frameworks/constants.ts
+++ b/src/frameworks/constants.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { SupportLevel } from "./interfaces";
 import * as clc from "colorette";
 import * as experiments from "../experiments";
 
-export const NPM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MILLIES = 10_000;
+export const NPM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MILLIES = 60_000;
 
 export const SupportLevelWarnings = {
   [SupportLevel.Experimental]: (framework: string) => `Thank you for trying our ${clc.italic(
diff --git a/src/frameworks/utils.ts b/src/frameworks/utils.ts
index 19e3414cbb9..2ee5339099c 100644
--- a/src/frameworks/utils.ts
+++ b/src/frameworks/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readJSON as originalReadJSON } from "fs-extra";
+import { readJSON as originalReadJSON, readJsonSync } from "fs-extra";
 import type { ReadOptions } from "fs-extra";
 import { dirname, extname, join, relative } from "path";
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
@@ -290,8 +290,14 @@ export function findDependency(name: string, options: Partial<FindDepOptions> =
     { cwd, env, timeout: NPM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MILLIES },
   );
   if (!result.stdout) return;
-  const json = JSON.parse(result.stdout.toString());
-  return scanDependencyTree(name, json.dependencies);
+  try {
+    const json = JSON.parse(result.stdout.toString());
+    return scanDependencyTree(name, json.dependencies);
+  } catch (e) {
+    // fallback to reading the version directly from package.json if npm list times out
+    const packageJson = readJsonSync(join(cwd, name, "package.json"), { throws: false });
+    return packageJson?.version ? { version: packageJson.version } : undefined;
+  }
 }
 
 export function relativeRequire(