diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85f5e81..a1a9bf0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.4.3
+
+#### 🐞 Fixes
+
+- Temporarily fixed an issue where Yarn would fail to parse the npm registry response and error with "control character (\u0000-\u001F) found while parsing a string".
+
 ## 0.4.2
 
 #### 🚀 Updates
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 68c0f9c..b8ce6bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1850,12 +1850,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "node_depman_plugin"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 dependencies = [
  "extism-pdk",
  "node_common",
  "proto_pdk",
  "proto_pdk_test_utils",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "starbase_sandbox",
@@ -1864,7 +1865,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "node_plugin"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 dependencies = [
  "extism-pdk",
  "node_common",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c1d4110..7ecf5e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ extism-pdk = "0.3.4"
 proto_pdk = { version = "0.8.1" }            # , path = "../../proto/crates/pdk" }
 proto_pdk_api = { version = "0.8.1" }        # , path = "../../proto/crates/pdk-api" }
 proto_pdk_test_utils = { version = "0.8.4" } # , path = "../../proto/crates/pdk-test-utils" }
+regex = "1.10.2"
 serde = "1.0.189"
 serde_json = "1.0.107"
 starbase_sandbox = "0.1.11"
diff --git a/crates/node-depman/Cargo.toml b/crates/node-depman/Cargo.toml
index bb69ac1..e9a4d7b 100644
--- a/crates/node-depman/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node-depman/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "node_depman_plugin"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 publish = false
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ crate-type = ['cdylib']
 node_common = { path = "../common" }
 extism-pdk = { workspace = true }
 proto_pdk = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/node-depman/src/proto.rs b/crates/node-depman/src/proto.rs
index 4ce8f0e..be91aae 100644
--- a/crates/node-depman/src/proto.rs
+++ b/crates/node-depman/src/proto.rs
@@ -180,13 +180,28 @@ struct RegistryResponse {
     versions: HashMap<String, RegistryVersion>,
 }
 
+// https://github.com/moonrepo/proto/issues/257
+fn parse_registry_response(res: HttpResponse, is_yarn: bool) -> Result<RegistryResponse, Error> {
+    if !is_yarn {
+        return res.json();
+    }
+
+    let pattern = regex::bytes::Regex::new("[\u{0000}-\u{001F}]+").unwrap();
+    let body = res.body();
+    // let text = String::from_bytes(res.body())?;
+
+    Ok(json::from_slice(&pattern.replace_all(&body, b""))?)
+}
+
 #[plugin_fn]
 pub fn load_versions(Json(input): Json<LoadVersionsInput>) -> FnResult<Json<LoadVersionsOutput>> {
     let mut output = LoadVersionsOutput::default();
     let manager = PackageManager::detect();
     let package_name = manager.get_package_name(&input.initial);
 
-    let mut map_output = |res: RegistryResponse| -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut map_output = |res: HttpResponse, is_yarn: bool| -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let res = parse_registry_response(res, is_yarn)?;
+
         for item in res.versions.values() {
             output.versions.push(Version::parse(&item.version)?);
         }
@@ -205,16 +220,27 @@ pub fn load_versions(Json(input): Json<LoadVersionsInput>) -> FnResult<Json<Load
         Ok(())
     };
 
-    map_output(fetch_url(format!(
-        "https://registry.npmjs.org/{}/",
-        package_name
-    ))?)?;
-
     // Yarn is managed by 2 different packages, so we need to request versions from both of them!
-    if manager.is_yarn_berry(&input.initial) {
-        map_output(fetch_url("https://registry.npmjs.org/yarn/")?)?;
-    } else if manager.is_yarn_classic(&input.initial) {
-        map_output(fetch_url("https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg/cli-dist/")?)?;
+    if manager == PackageManager::Yarn {
+        map_output(
+            fetch(HttpRequest::new("https://registry.npmjs.org/yarn/"), None)?,
+            true,
+        )?;
+        map_output(
+            fetch(
+                HttpRequest::new("https://registry.npmjs.org/@yarnpkg/cli-dist/"),
+                None,
+            )?,
+            true,
+        )?;
+    } else {
+        map_output(
+            fetch(
+                HttpRequest::new(format!("https://registry.npmjs.org/{}/", package_name)),
+                None,
+            )?,
+            false,
+        )?;
     }
 
     output
diff --git a/crates/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
index 95576e4..ac32415 100644
--- a/crates/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "node_plugin"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 publish = false
diff --git a/crates/node/tests/versions_test.rs b/crates/node/tests/versions_test.rs
index f2f075e..9eb7e7b 100644
--- a/crates/node/tests/versions_test.rs
+++ b/crates/node/tests/versions_test.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ generate_resolve_versions_tests!("node-test", {
     "10.1" => "10.1.0",
     "lts-gallium" => "16.20.2",
     "lts/fermium" => "14.21.3",
-    "stable" => "18.18.2",
-    "node" => "21.0.0",
+    "stable" => "20.9.0",
+    "node" => "21.1.0",
 });
 
 #[test]
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fn sets_lts_aliases() {
         aliases,
         [
             "argon", "boron", "carbon", "dubnium", "erbium", "fermium", "gallium", "hydrogen",
-            "latest", "stable"
+            "iron", "latest", "stable"
         ]
     );
 }