diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 9f2b3b0db0..3c29481021 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1743,6 +1743,7 @@ packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/overrideUtils.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/overrideUtils.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/searchPlugins.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.js
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f37e568af1..7aaa3526b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1716,6 +1716,7 @@ packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/overrideUtils.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/overrideUtils.js
+packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/searchPlugins.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/types.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.test.js
 packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/updateReadme.js
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts
index 825c5376ef..5da36f2c66 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/index.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import { isJoplinPluginPackage, readJsonFile } from './lib/utils';
 import { applyManifestOverrides, getObsoleteManifests, getSupersededPackages, readManifestOverrides } from './lib/overrideUtils';
 import { execCommand } from '@joplin/utils';
 import validateUntrustedManifest from './lib/validateUntrustedManifest';
+import searchPlugins, { PackageInfo } from './lib/searchPlugins';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- Old code before rule was applied
-function pluginInfoFromSearchResults(results: any[]): NpmPackage[] {
+function pluginInfoFromSearchResults(results: PackageInfo[]): NpmPackage[] {
 	const output: NpmPackage[] = [];
 
 	for (const r of results) {
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ async function commandBuild(args: CommandBuildArgs) {
 
 	chdir(previousDir);
 
-	const searchResults = (await execCommand('npm search keywords:joplin-plugin --searchlimit 5000 --json', { showStdout: false, showStderr: false })).trim();
-	const npmPackages = pluginInfoFromSearchResults(JSON.parse(searchResults));
+	const npmPackages = pluginInfoFromSearchResults(await searchPlugins());
 
 	for (const npmPackage of npmPackages) {
 		await processNpmPackage(npmPackage, repoDir, dryRun);
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/searchPlugins.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/searchPlugins.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed5a9f714a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/searchPlugins.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { URLSearchParams } from 'node:url';
+
+export interface PackageInfo {
+	name: string;
+	version: string;
+	date: string;
+	keywords: string[];
+}
+
+interface SearchResult {
+	package: PackageInfo;
+}
+
+interface SearchResponse {
+	objects: SearchResult[];
+	total: number;
+}
+
+function validateResponse(response: unknown): asserts response is SearchResponse {
+	if (typeof response !== 'object') throw new Error('Invalid response (must be an object)');
+	if (!('total' in response) || typeof response.total !== 'number') {
+		throw new Error('Invalid response.total');
+	}
+	if (!('objects' in response) || !Array.isArray(response.objects)) {
+		throw new Error('response.objects must be an array');
+	}
+	for (const object of response.objects) {
+		if (!('package' in object)) throw new Error('Missing "package" field');
+		const packageField = object.package;
+		if (typeof packageField.name !== 'string') throw new Error('package.name: Invalid type');
+		if (typeof packageField.version !== 'string') throw new Error('package.version: Invalid type');
+		if (typeof packageField.date !== 'string') throw new Error('package.date: Invalid type');
+		if (!Array.isArray(packageField.keywords)) throw new Error('package.keywords: Invalid type');
+	}
+}
+
+const searchPlugins = async () => {
+	const pageSize = 100;
+	const makeRequest = async (start: number): Promise<SearchResponse> => {
+		const urlParams = new URLSearchParams({
+			text: 'keywords:joplin-plugin',
+			size: String(pageSize),
+			from: String(start),
+		});
+		// API documentation: https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/main/docs/REGISTRY-API.md#get-v1search
+		const query = `https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search?${urlParams.toString()}`;
+		const result = await fetch(query);
+		const json: unknown = await result.json();
+		validateResponse(json);
+		return json;
+	};
+
+	const packageInfos: PackageInfo[] = [];
+	const addPackageInfos = (response: SearchResponse) => {
+		for (const object of response.objects) {
+			packageInfos.push(object.package);
+		}
+	};
+
+	const firstResponse = await makeRequest(0);
+	let total = firstResponse.total;
+	addPackageInfos(firstResponse);
+
+	for (let page = 1; packageInfos.length < total; page++) {
+		// Cap the maximum number of requests: Fail early in the case where the search query breaks
+		// in the future.
+		if (page >= 100) {
+			throw new Error('More requests sent than expected. Does maximumRequests need to be increased?');
+		}
+
+		const response = await makeRequest(page * pageSize);
+		total = response.total;
+		addPackageInfos(response);
+	}
+
+	return packageInfos;
+};
+
+export default searchPlugins;