diff --git a/.changeset/fix-universal-registry-item-empty-files.md b/.changeset/fix-universal-registry-item-empty-files.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..863599f638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-universal-registry-item-empty-files.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"shadcn": patch
+---
+
+Fix support for universal registry items that only have dependencies without files
diff --git a/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.test.ts b/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.test.ts
index e94198b1c9..79b42fe393 100644
--- a/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.test.ts
@@ -216,16 +216,16 @@ describe("isUniversalRegistryItem", () => {
     expect(isUniversalRegistryItem(registryItem)).toBe(false)
   })
 
-  it("should return false when files array is empty", () => {
+  it("should return true when files array is empty", () => {
     const registryItem = {
       files: [],
     }
-    expect(isUniversalRegistryItem(registryItem)).toBe(false)
+    expect(isUniversalRegistryItem(registryItem)).toBe(true)
   })
 
-  it("should return false when files is undefined", () => {
+  it("should return true when files is undefined", () => {
     const registryItem = {}
-    expect(isUniversalRegistryItem(registryItem)).toBe(false)
+    expect(isUniversalRegistryItem(registryItem)).toBe(true)
   })
 
   it("should return false when registryItem is null", () => {
diff --git a/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.ts b/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.ts
index 84fd4cdc62..d17abe197f 100644
--- a/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/shadcn/src/registry/utils.ts
@@ -278,13 +278,16 @@ export function isUniversalRegistryItem(
     | null
     | undefined
 ): boolean {
-  return (
-    !!registryItem?.files?.length &&
-    registryItem.files.every(
-      (file) =>
-        !!file.target &&
-        (file.type === "registry:file" || file.type === "registry:item")
-    )
+  if (!registryItem) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const files = registryItem.files ?? []
+
+  return files.every(
+    (file) =>
+      !!file.target &&
+      (file.type === "registry:file" || file.type === "registry:item")
   )
 }