diff --git a/lib/integration/PluginManagement/install.js b/lib/integration/PluginManagement/install.js
index 1098bfd..e955c47 100644
--- a/lib/integration/PluginManagement/install.js
+++ b/lib/integration/PluginManagement/install.js
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ async function loadPluginData ({ logger, project, targets }) {
     percentage => logger?.logProgress?.(`${chalk.bold.cyan('<info>')} Getting plugin info ${percentage}% complete`)
   )
   logger?.log(`${chalk.bold.cyan('<info>')} Getting plugin info 100% complete`)
+  await eachOfLimitProgress(
+    targets,
+    target => target.fetchProjectInfo(),
+    percentage => logger?.logProgress?.(`${chalk.bold.cyan('<info>')} Checking installed plugins ${percentage}% complete`)
+  )
+  logger?.log(`${chalk.bold.cyan('<info>')} Checking installed plugins 100% complete`)
   await eachOfLimitProgress(
     targets,
     target => target.findCompatibleVersion(frameworkVersion),
diff --git a/lib/integration/Target.js b/lib/integration/Target.js
index 5bf271c..9e73120 100644
--- a/lib/integration/Target.js
+++ b/lib/integration/Target.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { exec } from 'child_process'
 import semver from 'semver'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import path from 'path'
+import os from 'os'
 import { ADAPT_ALLOW_PRERELEASE } from '../util/constants.js'
 import Plugin from './Plugin.js'
 /** @typedef {import("./Project.js").default} Project */
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ export default class Target extends Plugin {
 
   markInstallable () {
     if (!this.isApplyLatestCompatibleVersion && !(this.isLocalSource && this.latestSourceVersion)) return
+    if (this.projectVersion === this.matchedVersion) return
     this.versionToApply = this.matchedVersion
   }
 
@@ -156,6 +158,39 @@ export default class Target extends Plugin {
     this.versionToApply = this.projectVersion
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Install a plugin via bower into outputPath. Runs from an isolated working
+   * directory so an ambient project bower.json cannot inject its own
+   * dependencies into the install directory (fixes #235). The project .bowerrc
+   * is copied across so registry, proxy and other bower settings are preserved.
+   * @param {string} pluginNameVersion e.g. adapt-contrib-media@7.0.6
+   * @param {string} outputPath absolute path to the plugin type folder
+   */
+  async bowerInstall (pluginNameVersion, outputPath) {
+    const isolatedCwd = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'adapt-cli-'))
+    const bowerrcPath = path.join(this.cwd, '.bowerrc')
+    if (await fs.pathExists(bowerrcPath)) {
+      await fs.copy(bowerrcPath, path.join(isolatedCwd, '.bowerrc'))
+    }
+    try {
+      await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        bower.commands.install([pluginNameVersion], null, {
+          directory: outputPath,
+          cwd: isolatedCwd,
+          registry: this.BOWER_REGISTRY_CONFIG
+        })
+          .on('end', resolve)
+          .on('error', err => {
+            err = new Error(`Bower reported ${err}`)
+            this._error = err
+            reject(err)
+          })
+      })
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(isolatedCwd, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  }
+
   async install ({ clone = false } = {}) {
     const logger = this.logger
     const pluginTypeFolder = await this.getTypeFolder()
@@ -212,20 +247,7 @@ export default class Target extends Plugin {
     } catch (err) {
       throw new Error(`There was a problem writing to the target directory ${pluginPath}`)
     }
-    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const pluginNameVersion = `${this.packageName}@${this.versionToApply}`
-      bower.commands.install([pluginNameVersion], null, {
-        directory: outputPath,
-        cwd: this.cwd,
-        registry: this.BOWER_REGISTRY_CONFIG
-      })
-        .on('end', resolve)
-        .on('error', err => {
-          err = new Error(`Bower reported ${err}`)
-          this._error = err
-          reject(err)
-        })
-    })
+    await this.bowerInstall(`${this.packageName}@${this.versionToApply}`, outputPath)
     const bowerJSON = await fs.readJSON(path.join(pluginPath, 'bower.json'))
     bowerJSON.version = bowerJSON.version ?? this.versionToApply;
     await fs.writeJSON(path.join(pluginPath, '.bower.json'), bowerJSON, { spaces: 2, replacer: null })
@@ -243,20 +265,7 @@ export default class Target extends Plugin {
     } catch (err) {
       throw new Error(`There was a problem writing to the target directory ${pluginPath}`)
     }
-    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const pluginNameVersion = `${this.packageName}@${this.matchedVersion}`
-      bower.commands.install([pluginNameVersion], null, {
-        directory: outputPath,
-        cwd: this.cwd,
-        registry: this.BOWER_REGISTRY_CONFIG
-      })
-        .on('end', resolve)
-        .on('error', err => {
-          err = new Error(`Bower reported ${err}`)
-          this._error = err
-          reject(err)
-        })
-    })
+    await this.bowerInstall(`${this.packageName}@${this.matchedVersion}`, outputPath)
     this.preUpdateProjectVersion = this.projectVersion
     this._projectInfo = null
     await this.fetchProjectInfo()