diff --git a/e2e/release/src/independent-projects.workspaces.test.ts b/e2e/release/src/independent-projects.workspaces.test.ts
index 996f5aaee2..e2f825e73d 100644
--- a/e2e/release/src/independent-projects.workspaces.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/release/src/independent-projects.workspaces.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ expect.addSnapshotSerializer({
         .replaceAll(e2eRegistryUrl, '{registryUrl}')
         // Filter out plugin worker verbose logs
         .replaceAll(/\[(isolated-plugin|plugin-worker)\].*\n/g, '')
+        // Filter out npm warnings that may vary by npm version
+        .replaceAll(/npm warn .*\n/g, '')
         // We trim each line to reduce the chances of snapshot flakiness
         .split('\n')
         .map((r) => r.trim())
diff --git a/e2e/release/src/preserve-local-dependency-protocols.test.ts b/e2e/release/src/preserve-local-dependency-protocols.test.ts
index 00066f8940..12ff27e784 100644
--- a/e2e/release/src/preserve-local-dependency-protocols.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/release/src/preserve-local-dependency-protocols.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ expect.addSnapshotSerializer({
         )
         // Filter out plugin worker verbose logs
         .replaceAll(/\[(isolated-plugin|plugin-worker)\].*\n/g, '')
+        // Filter out npm warnings that may vary by npm version
+        .replaceAll(/npm warn .*\n/g, '')
 
         .split('\n')
         .map((r) => r.trim())
diff --git a/packages/js/src/executors/release-publish/release-publish.impl.ts b/packages/js/src/executors/release-publish/release-publish.impl.ts
index 687a71c26c..18bfd4efef 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/executors/release-publish/release-publish.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/executors/release-publish/release-publish.impl.ts
@@ -154,8 +154,9 @@ Please update the local dependency on "${depName}" to be a valid semantic versio
     packageName,
   ];
 
-  // Since only yarn does not support multiple specific fields, we'll then fetch the complete data
-  if (pm !== 'yarn') {
+  // Only npm and pnpm support specifying multiple specific fields like 'versions dist-tags'
+  // yarn and bun return complete package info without field specification
+  if (pm === 'npm' || pm === 'pnpm') {
     npmViewCommandSegments.push('versions dist-tags');
   }
   npmViewCommandSegments.push(`--json --"${registryConfigKey}=${registry}"`);
@@ -276,25 +277,47 @@ Please update the local dependency on "${depName}" to be a valid semantic versio
         }
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      const stdoutData = JSON.parse(err.stdout?.toString() || '{}');
-      // If the error is that the package doesn't exist, then we can ignore it because we will be publishing it for the first time in the next step
-      if (
-        !(
-          stdoutData.error?.code?.includes('E404') &&
-          stdoutData.error?.summary?.toLowerCase().includes('not found')
-        ) &&
-        !(
-          err.stderr?.toString().includes('E404') &&
-          err.stderr?.toString().toLowerCase().includes('not found')
-        )
-      ) {
-        console.error(
-          `Something unexpected went wrong when checking for existing dist-tags.\n`,
-          err
-        );
-        return {
-          success: false,
-        };
+      try {
+        const stdoutData = JSON.parse(err.stdout?.toString() || '{}');
+        // If the error is that the package doesn't exist, then we can ignore it because we will be publishing it for the first time in the next step
+        if (
+          !(
+            stdoutData.error?.code?.includes('E404') &&
+            stdoutData.error?.summary?.toLowerCase().includes('not found')
+          ) &&
+          !(
+            err.stderr?.toString().includes('E404') &&
+            err.stderr?.toString().toLowerCase().includes('not found')
+          )
+        ) {
+          console.error(
+            `Something unexpected went wrong when checking for existing dist-tags.\n`,
+            err
+          );
+          return {
+            success: false,
+          };
+        }
+      } catch (parseErr) {
+        // If we can't parse JSON (e.g., bun returns plain text errors), check stderr for 404
+        const stderrStr = err.stderr?.toString() || '';
+        const stdoutStr = err.stdout?.toString() || '';
+        if (
+          !(
+            (stderrStr.includes('404') &&
+              stderrStr.toLowerCase().includes('not found')) ||
+            (stdoutStr.includes('404') &&
+              stdoutStr.toLowerCase().includes('not found'))
+          )
+        ) {
+          console.error(
+            `Something unexpected went wrong when checking for existing dist-tags.\n`,
+            err
+          );
+          return {
+            success: false,
+          };
+        }
       }
     }
   }