diff --git a/src/lib/getPeerDependencies.ts b/src/lib/getPeerDependencies.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c42b0ac..00000000
--- a/src/lib/getPeerDependencies.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'fs/promises'
-import jph from 'json-parse-helpfulerror'
-import { print } from '../lib/logging'
-import { Index } from '../types/IndexType'
-import { Options } from '../types/Options'
-import { VersionSpec } from '../types/VersionSpec'
-import getCurrentDependencies from './getCurrentDependencies'
-
-/** Get peer dependencies from installed packages */
-async function getPeerDependencies(current: Index<VersionSpec>, options: Options): Promise<Index<Index<string>>> {
-  const basePath = options.cwd || './'
-  const accum: Index<Index<string>> = {}
-
-  for (const dep in current) {
-    const path = basePath + `node_modules/${dep}/package.json`
-    let peers: Index<string> = {}
-    try {
-      const pkgData = await fs.readFile(path, 'utf-8')
-      const pkg = jph.parse(pkgData)
-      peers = getCurrentDependencies(pkg, { ...options, dep: 'peer' })
-    } catch (e) {
-      print(options, `Could not read peer dependencies for package ${dep}. Is this package installed?`, 'warn')
-    }
-    accum[dep] = peers
-  }
-
-  return accum
-}
-
-export default getPeerDependencies
diff --git a/src/lib/getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry.ts b/src/lib/getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry.ts
index 9ba112df..23bdd071 100644
--- a/src/lib/getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/lib/getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,46 @@
 import ProgressBar from 'progress'
 import { Index } from '../types/IndexType'
 import { Options } from '../types/Options'
-import { VersionSpec } from '../types/VersionSpec'
+import { Version } from '../types/Version'
 import getPackageManager from './getPackageManager'
 
+type CircularData =
+  | {
+      isCircular: true
+      offendingPackage: string
+    }
+  | {
+      isCircular: false
+    }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the specified package will create a loop of peer dependencies by traversing all paths to find a cycle
+ *
+ * If a cycle was found, the offending peer dependency of the specified package is returned
+ */
+function isCircularPeer(peerDependencies: Index<Index<string>>, packageName: string): CircularData {
+  let queue = [[packageName]]
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    const nextQueue: string[][] = []
+    for (const path of queue) {
+      const parents = Object.keys(peerDependencies[path[0]] ?? {})
+      for (const name of parents) {
+        if (name === path.at(-1)) {
+          return {
+            isCircular: true,
+            offendingPackage: path[0],
+          }
+        }
+        nextQueue.push([name, ...path])
+      }
+    }
+    queue = nextQueue
+  }
+  return {
+    isCircular: false,
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the latest or greatest versions from the NPM repository based on the version target.
  *
@@ -11,7 +48,7 @@ import getPackageManager from './getPackageManager'
  * @param [options={}] Options.
  * @returns Promised {packageName: peer dependencies} collection
  */
-async function getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry(packageMap: Index<VersionSpec>, options: Options) {
+async function getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry(packageMap: Index<Version>, options: Options) {
   const packageManager = getPackageManager(options, options.packageManager)
   if (!packageManager.getPeerDependencies) return {}
 
@@ -22,14 +59,23 @@ async function getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry(packageMap: Index<VersionSpec>, o
     bar.render()
   }
 
-  return Object.entries(packageMap).reduce(async (accumPromise, [pkg, version]) => {
-    const dep = await packageManager.getPeerDependencies!(pkg, version)
-    if (bar) {
-      bar.tick()
-    }
-    const accum = await accumPromise
-    return { ...accum, [pkg]: dep }
-  }, {})
+  const peerDependencies: Index<Index<string>> = Object.entries(packageMap).reduce(
+    async (accumPromise, [pkg, version]) => {
+      const dep = await packageManager.getPeerDependencies!(pkg, version)
+      if (bar) {
+        bar.tick()
+      }
+      const accum = await accumPromise
+      const newAcc: Index<Index<string>> = { ...accum, [pkg]: dep }
+      const circularData = isCircularPeer(newAcc, pkg)
+      if (circularData.isCircular) {
+        delete newAcc[pkg][circularData.offendingPackage]
+      }
+      return newAcc
+    },
+    {},
+  )
+  return peerDependencies
 }
 
 export default getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry
diff --git a/src/lib/runLocal.ts b/src/lib/runLocal.ts
index e6d25616..d1ea876f 100644
--- a/src/lib/runLocal.ts
+++ b/src/lib/runLocal.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import get from 'lodash/get'
 import isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty'
 import pick from 'lodash/pick'
 import prompts from 'prompts-ncu'
-import { satisfies } from 'semver'
+import nodeSemver from 'semver'
 import { Index } from '../types/IndexType'
 import { Maybe } from '../types/Maybe'
 import { Options } from '../types/Options'
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import chalk from './chalk'
 import getCurrentDependencies from './getCurrentDependencies'
 import getIgnoredUpgrades from './getIgnoredUpgrades'
 import getPackageManager from './getPackageManager'
-import getPeerDependencies from './getPeerDependencies'
+import getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry from './getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry'
 import keyValueBy from './keyValueBy'
 import { print, printIgnoredUpdates, printJson, printSorted, printUpgrades, toDependencyTable } from './logging'
 import programError from './programError'
@@ -183,7 +183,14 @@ async function runLocal(
   }
 
   if (options.peer) {
-    options.peerDependencies = await getPeerDependencies(current, options)
+    options.peerDependencies = await getPeerDependenciesFromRegistry(
+      Object.fromEntries(
+        Object.entries(current).map(([packageName, versionSpec]) => {
+          return [packageName, nodeSemver.minVersion(versionSpec)?.version ?? versionSpec]
+        }),
+      ),
+      options,
+    )
   }
 
   const [upgraded, latestResults, upgradedPeerDependencies] = await upgradePackageDefinitions(current, options)
@@ -210,7 +217,9 @@ async function runLocal(
 
   // filter out satisfied deps when using --minimal
   const filteredUpgraded = options.minimal
-    ? keyValueBy(upgraded, (dep, version) => (!satisfies(latest[dep], current[dep]) ? { [dep]: version } : null))
+    ? keyValueBy(upgraded, (dep, version) =>
+        !nodeSemver.satisfies(latest[dep], current[dep]) ? { [dep]: version } : null,
+      )
     : upgraded
 
   const ownersChangedDeps = (options.format || []).includes('ownerChanged')
diff --git a/test/peer.test.ts b/test/peer.test.ts
index 6fe3cfd6..bd654336 100644
--- a/test/peer.test.ts
+++ b/test/peer.test.ts
@@ -1,52 +1,38 @@
-import fs from 'fs/promises'
 import path from 'path'
 import ncu from '../src/'
-import spawnNpm from '../src/package-managers/npm'
 import chaiSetup from './helpers/chaiSetup'
 
 chaiSetup()
 
 describe('peer dependencies', function () {
-  it('peer dependencies of installed packages are ignored by default', async () => {
+  it('peer dependencies are ignored by default', async () => {
     const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'test-data/peer/')
-    try {
-      await spawnNpm('install', {}, {}, { cwd })
-      const upgrades = await ncu({ cwd })
-      upgrades!.should.deep.equal({
-        'ncu-test-return-version': '2.0.0',
-      })
-    } finally {
-      await fs.rm(path.join(cwd, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true, force: true })
-      await fs.rm(path.join(cwd, 'package-lock.json'), { recursive: true, force: true })
-    }
+    const upgrades = await ncu({ cwd })
+    upgrades!.should.deep.equal({
+      'ncu-test-return-version': '2.0.0',
+    })
   })
 
-  it('peer dependencies of installed packages are checked when using option peer', async () => {
+  it('peer dependencies are checked when using option peer', async () => {
     const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'test-data/peer/')
-    try {
-      await spawnNpm('install', {}, {}, { cwd })
-      const upgrades = await ncu({ cwd, peer: true })
-      upgrades!.should.deep.equal({
-        'ncu-test-return-version': '1.1.0',
-      })
-    } finally {
-      await fs.rm(path.join(cwd, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true, force: true })
-      await fs.rm(path.join(cwd, 'package-lock.json'), { recursive: true, force: true })
-    }
+    const upgrades = await ncu({ cwd, peer: true })
+    upgrades!.should.deep.equal({
+      'ncu-test-return-version': '1.1.0',
+    })
   })
 
-  it('peer dependencies of installed packages are checked iteratively when using option peer', async () => {
+  it('peer dependencies are checked iteratively when using option peer', async () => {
     const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'test-data/peer-update/')
-    try {
-      await spawnNpm('install', {}, {}, { cwd })
-      const upgrades = await ncu({ cwd, peer: true })
-      upgrades!.should.deep.equal({
-        'ncu-test-return-version': '1.1.0',
-        'ncu-test-peer-update': '1.1.0',
-      })
-    } finally {
-      await fs.rm(path.join(cwd, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true, force: true })
-      await fs.rm(path.join(cwd, 'package-lock.json'), { recursive: true, force: true })
-    }
+    const upgrades = await ncu({ cwd, peer: true })
+    upgrades!.should.deep.equal({
+      'ncu-test-return-version': '1.1.0',
+      'ncu-test-peer-update': '1.1.0',
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('circular peer dependencies are ignored', async () => {
+    const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'test-data/peer-lock/')
+    const upgrades = await ncu({ cwd, peer: true })
+    upgrades!.should.contain.keys('@vitest/ui', 'vitest')
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/test-data/peer-lock/package.json b/test/test-data/peer-lock/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3bb0bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-data/peer-lock/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@vitest/ui": "^1.3.1",
+    "vitest": "^1.3.1"
+  }
+}