diff --git a/knip.json b/knip.json
index af7e03919..6d45d0a9d 100644
--- a/knip.json
+++ b/knip.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         "c12",
         "chokidar",
         "clipboardy",
+        "confbox",
         "consola",
         "defu",
         "exsolve",
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/package.json b/packages/nuxi/package.json
index 96bd1703a..4dc5db84f 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/package.json
+++ b/packages/nuxi/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "chokidar": "^4.0.3",
     "citty": "^0.1.6",
     "clipboardy": "^4.0.0",
+    "confbox": "^0.2.2",
     "consola": "^3.4.2",
     "defu": "^6.1.4",
     "exsolve": "^1.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/_utils.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/_utils.ts
index e10993bff..d61cfed04 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/_utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { parseINI } from 'confbox'
 import { $fetch } from 'ofetch'
 import { readPackageJSON } from 'pkg-types'
 import { coerce, satisfies } from 'semver'
@@ -124,3 +125,25 @@ export async function getNuxtVersion(cwd: string) {
   const pkgDep = pkg?.dependencies?.nuxt || pkg?.devDependencies?.nuxt
   return (pkgDep && coerce(pkgDep)?.version) || '3.0.0'
 }
+
+export function getRegistryFromContent(content: string, scope: string | null) {
+  try {
+    const npmConfig = parseINI<Record<string, string | undefined>>(content)
+
+    if (scope) {
+      const scopeKey = `${scope}:registry`
+      if (npmConfig[scopeKey]) {
+        return npmConfig[scopeKey].trim()
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (npmConfig.registry) {
+      return npmConfig.registry.trim()
+    }
+
+    return null
+  }
+  catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/add.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/add.ts
index 16a52953c..062faca24 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/add.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/module/add.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { joinURL } from 'ufo'
 import { runCommand } from '../../run'
 import { logger } from '../../utils/logger'
 import { cwdArgs, logLevelArgs } from '../_shared'
-import { checkNuxtCompatibility, fetchModules, getNuxtVersion } from './_utils'
+import { checkNuxtCompatibility, fetchModules, getNuxtVersion, getRegistryFromContent } from './_utils'
 
 interface RegistryMeta {
   registry: string
@@ -406,20 +406,10 @@ async function getRegistryFromFile(paths: string[], scope: string | null) {
       fd = await fs.promises.open(npmrcPath, 'r')
       if (await fd.stat().then(r => r.isFile())) {
         const npmrcContent = await fd.readFile('utf-8')
+        const registry = getRegistryFromContent(npmrcContent, scope)
 
-        if (scope) {
-          const scopedRegex = new RegExp(`^${scope}:registry=(.+)$`, 'm')
-          const scopedMatch = npmrcContent.match(scopedRegex)?.[1]
-          if (scopedMatch) {
-            return scopedMatch.trim()
-          }
-        }
-
-        // If no scoped registry found or no scope provided, look for the default registry
-        const defaultRegex = /^\s*registry=(.+)$/m
-        const defaultMatch = npmrcContent.match(defaultRegex)?.[1]
-        if (defaultMatch) {
-          return defaultMatch.trim()
+        if (registry) {
+          return registry
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/nuxi/test/unit/commands/module/_utils.test.ts b/packages/nuxi/test/unit/commands/module/_utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bdc040e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxi/test/unit/commands/module/_utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { getRegistryFromContent } from '../../../../src/commands/module/_utils'
+
+describe('getRegistryFromContent', () => {
+  it('extracts scoped registry when scope is provided', () => {
+    const content = `
+registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
+@myorg:registry=https://my-registry.org/
+@another:registry=https://another-registry.org/
+    `
+
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, '@myorg')).toBe('https://my-registry.org/')
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, '@another')).toBe('https://another-registry.org/')
+  })
+
+  it('extracts default registry when scope is not provided', () => {
+    const content = `
+registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
+@myorg:registry=https://my-registry.org/
+    `
+
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, null)).toBe('https://registry.npmjs.org/')
+  })
+
+  it('extracts default registry when scope is provided but not found', () => {
+    const content = `
+registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
+@myorg:registry=https://my-registry.org/
+    `
+
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, '@notfound')).toBe('https://registry.npmjs.org/')
+  })
+
+  it('returns null when no registry is found', () => {
+    const content = `
+# some npmrc content without registry
+some-other-setting=value
+    `
+
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, null)).toBeNull()
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, '@myorg')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('handles empty content', () => {
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent('', null)).toBeNull()
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent('', '@myorg')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('extracts registry from line with comments', () => {
+    const content = `
+registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/ # with comment
+@myorg:registry=https://my-registry.org/ # another comment
+    `
+
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, null)).toBe('https://registry.npmjs.org/')
+    expect(getRegistryFromContent(content, '@myorg')).toBe('https://my-registry.org/')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json b/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json
index 87cdee5a0..06e35983a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/nuxt-cli/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "chokidar": "^4.0.3",
     "citty": "^0.1.6",
     "clipboardy": "^4.0.0",
+    "confbox": "^0.2.2",
     "consola": "^3.4.2",
     "defu": "^6.1.4",
     "exsolve": "^1.0.5",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 5e9bd3ab3..187f4e52a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ importers:
       clipboardy:
         specifier: ^4.0.0
         version: 4.0.0
+      confbox:
+        specifier: ^0.2.2
+        version: 0.2.2
       consola:
         specifier: ^3.4.2
         version: 3.4.2
@@ -229,6 +232,9 @@ importers:
       clipboardy:
         specifier: ^4.0.0
         version: 4.0.0
+      confbox:
+        specifier: ^0.2.2
+        version: 0.2.2
       consola:
         specifier: ^3.4.2
         version: 3.4.2