diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/package.json b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
index fef194f73978..1a02c576d3a4 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "@storybook/types": "7.1.0-alpha.34",
     "@types/find-cache-dir": "^3.2.1",
     "@types/node": "^16.0.0",
+    "@types/node-fetch": "^2.6.4",
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.18.0",
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
     "glob": "^10.0.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
     "lazy-universal-dotenv": "^4.0.0",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.0.0",
     "picomatch": "^2.3.0",
     "pkg-dir": "^5.0.0",
     "pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts
index eb956201668d..c0f530531b7e 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/get-storybook-refs.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { readJSON } from 'fs-extra';
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
 import findUp from 'find-up';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 
 import resolveFrom from 'resolve-from';
 import { logger } from '@storybook/node-logger';
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index b01fc728f35e..5dc559c831b1 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -6169,6 +6169,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/find-cache-dir": ^3.2.1
     "@types/mock-fs": ^4.13.1
     "@types/node": ^16.0.0
+    "@types/node-fetch": ^2.6.4
     "@types/picomatch": ^2.3.0
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": ^1.0.0
     chalk: ^4.1.0
@@ -6182,6 +6183,7 @@ __metadata:
     handlebars: ^4.7.7
     lazy-universal-dotenv: ^4.0.0
     mock-fs: ^5.2.0
+    node-fetch: ^2.0.0
     picomatch: ^2.3.0
     pkg-dir: ^5.0.0
     pretty-hrtime: ^1.0.3
@@ -8626,7 +8628,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/node-fetch@npm:^2.5.7":
+"@types/node-fetch@npm:^2.5.7, @types/node-fetch@npm:^2.6.4":
   version: 2.6.4
   resolution: "@types/node-fetch@npm:2.6.4"
   dependencies:
@@ -22778,7 +22780,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
+"node-fetch@npm:^2.0.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
   version: 2.6.11
   resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.6.11"
   dependencies: