diff --git a/.changeset/four-drinks-peel.md b/.changeset/four-drinks-peel.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2cc189c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/four-drinks-peel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@chugsplash/plugins': patch
+---
+
+Fix bug parsing build info metadata
diff --git a/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/artifacts.ts b/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/artifacts.ts
index 05314521f..e1bfce206 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/artifacts.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/src/hardhat/artifacts.ts
@@ -414,7 +414,11 @@ export const createDeploymentArtifacts = async (
 
     const metadata =
       buildInfo.output.contracts[sourceName][contractName].metadata
-    const { devdoc, userdoc } = JSON.parse(metadata).output
+
+    const { devdoc, userdoc } =
+      typeof metadata === 'string'
+        ? JSON.parse(metadata).output
+        : metadata.output
 
     const deploymentArtifact = {
       contractName,