diff --git a/src/frameworks/index.ts b/src/frameworks/index.ts
index 3c28e112..b95829b8 100644
--- a/src/frameworks/index.ts
+++ b/src/frameworks/index.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const dynamicImport = async (getProjectPath: PathFactory) => {
     const packageJsonBuffer = await readFile(getProjectPath('package.json'));
     const packageJson = JSON.parse(packageJsonBuffer.toString());
     if (packageJson.directories?.serve) return import('./express/index.js');
-    if (fileExists('next.config.js')) return import('./next.js/index.js');
+    if (fileExists('next.config.js') || findDependency('next', getProjectPath(), 0)) return import('./next.js/index.js');
     if (fileExists('nuxt.config.js', 'nuxt.config.ts')) return import('./nuxt/index.js');
     if (fileExists('angular.json')) return import('./angular/index.js');
     throw UNKNOWN_FRAMEWORK;
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 1adaaa18..b7872135 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ export type DeployConfig = {
 
 export type PathFactory = (...args: string[]) => string;
 
-export const findDependency = (name: string, cwd=process.cwd()) => {
-    const result = spawnSync(Commands.NPM, ['list', name, '--json', '--omit', 'dev'], { cwd });
+export const findDependency = (name: string, cwd=process.cwd(), depth?: number) => {
+    const result = spawnSync(Commands.NPM, ['list', name, '--json', '--omit', 'dev', ...(depth === undefined ? [] : ['--depth', depth.toString(10)])], { cwd });
     if (!result.stdout) return undefined;
     const json = JSON.parse(result.stdout.toString());
     const search = (searchingFor: string, dependencies={}): any => {