diff --git a/.changes/version-req-error.md b/.changes/version-req-error.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..902151b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/version-req-error.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+tauri-cli: patch:changes
+---
+
+Errors like `Error Failed to parse version 2 for for NPM package tauri` when there was no `package-lock.json` file present yet or when using ones like `link:./tauri` are now only logged in `--verbose` mode.
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/npm.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/npm.rs
index 58df0d443..eced925ac 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/npm.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/npm.rs
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ impl PackageManager {
       if let Ok(version) = semver::Version::parse(&version) {
         versions.insert(package, version);
       } else {
-        log::error!("Failed to parse version `{version}` for NPM package `{package}`");
+        log::debug!("Failed to parse version `{version}` for NPM package `{package}`");
       }
     }
     Ok(versions)
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ fn yarn_package_versions(
         if let Ok(version) = semver::Version::parse(version) {
           versions.insert(name.to_owned(), version);
         } else {
-          log::error!("Failed to parse version `{version}` for NPM package `{name}`");
+          log::debug!("Failed to parse version `{version}` for NPM package `{name}`");
         }
       }
       return Ok(versions);
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ fn yarn_berry_package_versions(
       if let Ok(version) = semver::Version::parse(&version) {
         versions.insert(name.to_owned(), version);
       } else {
-        log::error!("Failed to parse version `{version}` for NPM package `{name}`");
+        log::debug!("Failed to parse version `{version}` for NPM package `{name}`");
       }
     }
   }