From 747cb1f0a196920bed0d4a0f87ced7d87a065c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bar=C4=B1=C5=9F=20Soner=20U=C5=9Fakl=C4=B1?=
 <barisusakli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:40:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: closes #11173, clear require cache if wrong dependency
 is installed

---
 src/cli/index.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cli/index.js b/src/cli/index.js
index 938f588701..5eb9f4924c 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/src/cli/index.js
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ try {
 		if (!semver.satisfies(version, defaultPackage.dependencies[packageName])) {
 			const e = new TypeError(`Incorrect dependency version: ${packageName}`);
 			e.code = 'DEP_WRONG_VERSION';
+			// delete the module from require cache so it doesn't break rest of the upgrade
+			// https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/11173
+			const resolvedModule = require.resolve(packageName);
+			if (require.cache[resolvedModule]) {
+				delete require.cache[resolvedModule];
+			}
 			throw e;
 		}
 	};