diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/checker.ts b/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/checker.ts
index bd23db82..0ede676a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/checker.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/checker.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { basename } from 'node:path'
-import { createCheckerByJson } from 'vue-component-meta'
 import type { CompodiumMeta, ComponentsDir } from '../../types'
 import { inferPropTypes } from './infer'
 
-type MetaChecker = ReturnType<typeof createCheckerByJson>
+type CreateMetaChecker = (typeof import('vue-component-meta'))['createCheckerByJson']
+type MetaChecker = ReturnType<CreateMetaChecker>
 
 const checkerOptions = {
   forceUseTs: true,
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ const checkerOptions = {
   }
 }
 
-export function createChecker(dirs: ComponentsDir[], rootDir = process.cwd(), tsconfigPath?: string) {
-  const metaChecker = createMetaChecker(dirs, rootDir, tsconfigPath)
+export async function createChecker(dirs: ComponentsDir[], rootDir = process.cwd(), tsconfigPath?: string) {
+  const { createCheckerByJson } = await import('vue-component-meta')
+  const metaChecker = createMetaChecker(createCheckerByJson, dirs, rootDir, tsconfigPath)
 
   const checker = {
     ...metaChecker,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export function createChecker(dirs: ComponentsDir[], rootDir = process.cwd(), ts
   return checker
 }
 
-function createMetaChecker(dirs: ComponentsDir[], rootDir: string, tsconfigPath?: string): MetaChecker {
+function createMetaChecker(createCheckerByJson: CreateMetaChecker, dirs: ComponentsDir[], rootDir: string, tsconfigPath?: string): MetaChecker {
   const tsconfig = `${rootDir}/tsconfig.json`
   const tsconfigToExtend = tsconfigPath && existsSync(tsconfigPath) ? tsconfigPath : tsconfig
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/index.ts b/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/index.ts
index e6e71969..96adad20 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugins/meta/index.ts
@@ -38,12 +38,23 @@ export function metaPlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
       collections = resolveCollections(options, viteConfig)
     },
 
-    configureServer(server) {
+    async configureServer(server) {
       const checkerDirs = collections.flatMap(c => [
         ...c.dirs,
         ...c.exampleDirs
       ])
-      const checker = createChecker(checkerDirs, rootDir, options.tsconfigPath)
+      let checker: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createChecker>>
+
+      try {
+        checker = await createChecker(checkerDirs, rootDir, options.tsconfigPath)
+      } catch {
+        server.config.logger.warn('[Compodium] Unable to parse component props. TypeScript 7 is not supported; use TypeScript 6 instead.')
+        server.middlewares.use('/__compodium__/api/meta', (_req, res) => {
+          res.statusCode = 500
+          res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Metadata unavailable' }))
+        })
+        return
+      }
 
       server.middlewares.use('/__compodium__/api/meta', async (req, res) => {
         try {
@@ -68,7 +79,7 @@ export function metaPlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
           res.end(JSON.stringify(meta))
         } catch {
           res.statusCode = 500
-          res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Failed to fetch metadata' }))
+          res.end(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Metadata unavailable' }))
         }
       })
 
@@ -88,7 +99,7 @@ export function metaPlugin(options: PluginOptions): VitePlugin {
         }
       })
 
-      watcher.on('add', async () => {
+      watcher.on('add', () => {
         checker.reload()
       })
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/app/app.vue b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/app/app.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffbd5449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/app/app.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<template>
+  <div>metadata checker failure fixture</div>
+</template>
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/app/components/ExampleComponent.vue b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/app/components/ExampleComponent.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bac6c1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/app/components/ExampleComponent.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+defineProps<{ label: string }>()
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div>{{ label }}</div>
+</template>
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/nuxt.config.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/nuxt.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7546d0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+export default defineNuxtConfig({
+  modules: ['../../../src/module'],
+  alias: {
+    'vue-component-meta': fileURLToPath(new URL('./vue-component-meta.ts', import.meta.url))
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/package.json b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..804188e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "name": "meta-checker-failure",
+  "type": "module"
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/vue-component-meta.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/vue-component-meta.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e199839b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/fixtures/meta-checker-failure/vue-component-meta.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function createCheckerByJson(): never {
+  throw new Error('Unsupported TypeScript version')
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/meta-checker-failure.nuxt.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/meta-checker-failure.nuxt.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..481747ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/meta-checker-failure.nuxt.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { fetch, setup } from '@nuxt/test-utils/e2e'
+import { join } from 'pathe'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+describe('metadata checker failure', async () => {
+  const rootDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('./fixtures/meta-checker-failure', import.meta.url))
+
+  await setup({
+    rootDir,
+    dev: true,
+    port: 4546,
+    setupTimeout: 30000
+  })
+
+  it('returns an error when component metadata initialization fails', async () => {
+    const query = new URLSearchParams({
+      component: join(rootDir, 'app/components/ExampleComponent.vue')
+    })
+    const response = await fetch(`/__compodium__/api/meta?${query}`)
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(500)
+    expect(await response.json()).toEqual({ error: 'Metadata unavailable' })
+  })
+})