diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56fdee20d..ce7b65b20 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "uv>=0.4.25",
     "tomli-w>=1.1.0",
     "chromadb>=0.4.24",
+    "tomli>=2.0.2",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/run_crew.py b/src/crewai/cli/run_crew.py
index 829d8ed95..20d6aed01 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/run_crew.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/run_crew.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import subprocess
 
 import click
-import tomllib
 from packaging import version
 
-from crewai.cli.utils import get_crewai_version
+from crewai.cli.utils import get_crewai_version, read_toml
 
 
 def run_crew() -> None:
@@ -15,10 +14,9 @@ def run_crew() -> None:
     crewai_version = get_crewai_version()
     min_required_version = "0.71.0"
 
-    with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
-        data = tomllib.load(f)
+    pyproject_data = read_toml()
 
-    if data.get("tool", {}).get("poetry") and (
+    if pyproject_data.get("tool", {}).get("poetry") and (
         version.parse(crewai_version) < version.parse(min_required_version)
     ):
         click.secho(
@@ -35,10 +33,7 @@ def run_crew() -> None:
         click.echo(f"An error occurred while running the crew: {e}", err=True)
         click.echo(e.output, err=True, nl=True)
 
-        with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
-            data = tomllib.load(f)
-
-        if data.get("tool", {}).get("poetry"):
+        if pyproject_data.get("tool", {}).get("poetry"):
             click.secho(
                 "It's possible that you are using an old version of crewAI that uses poetry, please run `crewai update` to update your pyproject.toml to use uv.",
                 fg="yellow",
diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/update_crew.py b/src/crewai/cli/update_crew.py
index d38e11a25..b8bc3b297 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/update_crew.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/update_crew.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import os
 import shutil
 
 import tomli_w
-import tomllib
+
+from crewai.cli.utils import read_toml
 
 
 def update_crew() -> None:
@@ -20,8 +21,7 @@ def migrate_pyproject(input_file, output_file):
     """
 
     # Read the input pyproject.toml
-    with open(input_file, "rb") as f:
-        pyproject = tomllib.load(f)
+    pyproject_data = read_toml()
 
     # Initialize the new project structure
     new_pyproject = {
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ def migrate_pyproject(input_file, output_file):
     }
 
     # Migrate project metadata
-    if "tool" in pyproject and "poetry" in pyproject["tool"]:
-        poetry = pyproject["tool"]["poetry"]
+    if "tool" in pyproject_data and "poetry" in pyproject_data["tool"]:
+        poetry = pyproject_data["tool"]["poetry"]
         new_pyproject["project"]["name"] = poetry.get("name")
         new_pyproject["project"]["version"] = poetry.get("version")
         new_pyproject["project"]["description"] = poetry.get("description")
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def migrate_pyproject(input_file, output_file):
         new_pyproject["project"]["requires-python"] = poetry.get("python")
     else:
         # If it's already in the new format, just copy the project section
-        new_pyproject["project"] = pyproject.get("project", {})
+        new_pyproject["project"] = pyproject_data.get("project", {})
 
     # Migrate or copy dependencies
     if "dependencies" in new_pyproject["project"]:
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ def migrate_pyproject(input_file, output_file):
     # Migrate or copy scripts
     if "scripts" in poetry:
         new_pyproject["project"]["scripts"] = poetry["scripts"]
-    elif "scripts" in pyproject.get("project", {}):
-        new_pyproject["project"]["scripts"] = pyproject["project"]["scripts"]
+    elif "scripts" in pyproject_data.get("project", {}):
+        new_pyproject["project"]["scripts"] = pyproject_data["project"]["scripts"]
     else:
         new_pyproject["project"]["scripts"] = {}
 
diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/utils.py b/src/crewai/cli/utils.py
index c32113faa..25da9e31a 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/utils.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/utils.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from functools import reduce
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 import click
+import tomli
 from rich.console import Console
 
 from crewai.cli.authentication.utils import TokenManager
@@ -54,6 +55,13 @@ def simple_toml_parser(content):
     return result
 
 
+def read_toml(file_path: str = "pyproject.toml"):
+    """Read the content of a TOML file and return it as a dictionary."""
+    with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
+        toml_dict = tomli.load(f)
+    return toml_dict
+
+
 def parse_toml(content):
     if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
         return tomllib.loads(content)
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ddd57b313..73cd038ca 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "pyvis" },
     { name = "regex" },
+    { name = "tomli" },
     { name = "tomli-w" },
     { name = "uv" },
 ]
@@ -702,6 +703,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
     { name = "pyvis", specifier = ">=0.3.2" },
     { name = "regex", specifier = ">=2024.9.11" },
+    { name = "tomli", specifier = ">=2.0.2" },
     { name = "tomli-w", specifier = ">=1.1.0" },
     { name = "uv", specifier = ">=0.4.25" },
 ]