diff --git a/api/src/controllers/admin.controller.ts b/api/src/controllers/admin.controller.ts
index de71f55..916024f 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/admin.controller.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/admin.controller.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import type { Response } from 'express';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import process from 'node:process';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { AppDataSource } from '../config/data-source.js';
 import { env } from '../config/env.js';
@@ -37,10 +39,50 @@ const userUpdateSchema = z.object({
   defaultCurrency: z.string().min(3).max(8).optional()
 });
 
+type PackageJson = { version?: string };
+
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-const rootPackage = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), '..', 'package.json')) as { version?: string };
-const apiPackage = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'package.json')) as { version?: string };
-const webPackage = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), '..', 'web', 'package.json')) as { version?: string };
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
+const readPackageJsonSafe = (filePath: string | null): PackageJson | null => {
+  if (!filePath || !fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')) as PackageJson;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
+const findNearestPackageJson = (startDir: string): string | null => {
+  let currentDir = path.resolve(startDir);
+
+  while (true) {
+    const candidate = path.join(currentDir, 'package.json');
+    if (fs.existsSync(candidate)) {
+      return candidate;
+    }
+
+    const parentDir = path.dirname(currentDir);
+    if (parentDir === currentDir) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    currentDir = parentDir;
+  }
+};
+
+const apiPackagePath = findNearestPackageJson(__dirname);
+const apiPackage = readPackageJsonSafe(apiPackagePath);
+const apiRootDir = apiPackagePath ? path.dirname(apiPackagePath) : null;
+const projectRootPackagePath = apiRootDir ? findNearestPackageJson(path.dirname(apiRootDir)) : null;
+const rootPackage = readPackageJsonSafe(projectRootPackagePath);
+const webPackage = readPackageJsonSafe(
+  projectRootPackagePath ? path.join(path.dirname(projectRootPackagePath), 'web', 'package.json') : null
+);
 
 const settingsRepo = () => AppDataSource.getRepository(AppSetting);
 const userRepo = () => AppDataSource.getRepository(User);
@@ -179,9 +221,9 @@ export const getSystemInfo = async (_req: AuthenticatedRequest, res: Response) =
   return res.json({
     item: {
       appName: settings?.appName ?? 'Expense Control',
-      suiteVersion: rootPackage.version ?? '0.0.0',
-      apiVersion: apiPackage.version ?? '0.0.0',
-      webVersion: webPackage.version ?? '0.0.0',
+      suiteVersion: rootPackage?.version ?? apiPackage?.version ?? '0.0.0',
+      apiVersion: apiPackage?.version ?? '0.0.0',
+      webVersion: webPackage?.version ?? '0.0.0',
       nodeVersion: process.version,
       environment: process.env.NODE_ENV ?? 'development',
       database: env.DB_TYPE,