diff --git a/.changeset/fifty-parrots-appear.md b/.changeset/fifty-parrots-appear.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..825407db18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fifty-parrots-appear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-medusa-app": patch
+---
+
+fix(create-medusa-app): fix version option not working with Next.js storefront
diff --git a/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/log-message.ts b/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/log-message.ts
index b91fa99e03..f44562bc06 100644
--- a/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/log-message.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/log-message.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import { logger } from "./logger.js"
 type LogOptions = {
   message: string
   type?: "error" | "success" | "info" | "warn" | "verbose"
+  stack?: string
 }
 
-export default ({ message, type = "info" }: LogOptions) => {
+export default ({ message, type = "info", stack }: LogOptions) => {
   switch (type) {
     case "info":
       logger.info(chalk.white(message))
@@ -22,6 +23,6 @@ export default ({ message, type = "info" }: LogOptions) => {
       logger.info(`${chalk.bgYellowBright("VERBOSE LOG:")} ${message}`)
       break
     case "error":
-      program.error(chalk.bold.red(message))
+      program.error(chalk.bold.red(message.trim() + (stack || "")))
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/project-creator/medusa-project-creator.ts b/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/project-creator/medusa-project-creator.ts
index 9a2bc7af00..f1571cdfb8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/project-creator/medusa-project-creator.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/project-creator/medusa-project-creator.ts
@@ -204,15 +204,18 @@ export class MedusaProjectCreator
     })
   }
 
-  private handleError(e: any): void {
+  private handleError(e: Error): void {
     if (isAbortError(e)) {
       process.exit()
     }
 
+    const showStack = e.message.includes("npm") || e.message.includes("yarn")
+
     this.spinner.stop()
     logMessage({
       message: `An error occurred: ${e}`,
       type: "error",
+      stack: showStack ? e.stack?.replace(e.toString(), "") : "",
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/update-package-versions.ts b/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/update-package-versions.ts
index f822480f7d..d13ec3e5ee 100644
--- a/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/update-package-versions.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/create-medusa-app/src/utils/update-package-versions.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ export function updatePackageVersions(
 
   if (packageJson.dependencies) {
     for (const dependency of Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies)) {
-      if (dependency.startsWith("@medusajs/")) {
+      if (shouldUpdateVersion(dependency)) {
         packageJson.dependencies[dependency] = version
       }
     }
   }
   if (packageJson.devDependencies) {
     for (const dependency of Object.keys(packageJson.devDependencies)) {
-      if (dependency.startsWith("@medusajs/")) {
+      if (shouldUpdateVersion(dependency)) {
         packageJson.devDependencies[dependency] = version
       }
     }
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ export function updatePackageVersions(
     writeFileSync(packageJsonOrPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2))
   }
 }
+
+function shouldUpdateVersion(dependency: string): boolean {
+  // UI package follows different versioning, so we can't update it following
+  // the same logic as other Medusa packages
+  return dependency.startsWith("@medusajs/") && dependency !== "@medusajs/ui"
+}
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