diff --git a/pkg/api/kpm_run.go b/pkg/api/kpm_run.go
index 9e5778e9..a8a0eac0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/kpm_run.go
+++ b/pkg/api/kpm_run.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/errors"
 	"kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/oci"
 	"kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/opt"
+	pkg "kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/package"
 	"kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/reporter"
 	"kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/runner"
 	"kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/utils"
@@ -207,7 +208,10 @@ func run(kpmcli *client.KpmClient, opts *opt.CompileOptions) (*kcl.KCLResultList
 		return nil, reporter.NewErrorEvent(reporter.Bug, err, "internal bugs, please contact us to fix it.")
 	}
 
-	kclPkg, err := kpmcli.LoadPkgFromPath(pkgPath)
+	kclPkg, err := pkg.LoadKclPkgWithOpts(
+		pkg.WithPath(pkgPath),
+		pkg.WithSettings(kpmcli.GetSettings()),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_test.go b/pkg/client/client_test.go
index 286d8987..804d559b 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_test.go
@@ -1146,7 +1146,6 @@ func testMetadataOffline(t *testing.T) {
 	testDir := getTestDir("test_metadata_offline")
 	kclMod := filepath.Join(testDir, "kcl.mod")
 	uglyKclMod := filepath.Join(testDir, "ugly.kcl.mod")
-	BeautifulKclMod := filepath.Join(testDir, "beautiful.kcl.mod")
 
 	uglyContent, err := os.ReadFile(uglyKclMod)
 	assert.Equal(t, err, nil)
@@ -1157,8 +1156,6 @@ func testMetadataOffline(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, err, nil)
 	}()
 
-	beautifulContent, err := os.ReadFile(BeautifulKclMod)
-	assert.Equal(t, err, nil)
 	kclPkg, err := pkg.LoadKclPkg(testDir)
 	assert.Equal(t, err, nil)
 
@@ -1178,7 +1175,7 @@ func testMetadataOffline(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, res, "{\"packages\":{}}")
 	content_after_metadata, err = os.ReadFile(kclMod)
 	assert.Equal(t, err, nil)
-	assert.Equal(t, utils.RmNewline(string(content_after_metadata)), utils.RmNewline(string(beautifulContent)))
+	assert.Equal(t, utils.RmNewline(string(content_after_metadata)), utils.RmNewline(string(uglyContent)))
 }
 
 func testAddWithNoSumCheck(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/client/metadata.go b/pkg/client/metadata.go
index 9a5d66d3..3bf2f76b 100644
--- a/pkg/client/metadata.go
+++ b/pkg/client/metadata.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func (c *KpmClient) ResolvePkgDepsMetadata(kclPkg *pkg.KclPkg, update bool) erro
 		_, err = c.Update(
 			WithUpdatedKclPkg(kclPkg),
 			WithOffline(!update),
+			WithUpdateModFile(false),
 		)
 	}
 	return err
diff --git a/pkg/client/test_data/test_run_with_modspec_version/kcl.mod.expect b/pkg/client/test_data/test_run_with_modspec_version/kcl.mod.expect
index ba6a11b8..391a7e04 100644
--- a/pkg/client/test_data/test_run_with_modspec_version/kcl.mod.expect
+++ b/pkg/client/test_data/test_run_with_modspec_version/kcl.mod.expect
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ edition = "v0.11.0-alpha.1"
 version = "0.0.1"
 
 [dependencies]
-helloworld = "0.1.2"
\ No newline at end of file
+helloworld = { version = "0.1.2" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/client/update.go b/pkg/client/update.go
index c27eeacd..1bc12d69 100644
--- a/pkg/client/update.go
+++ b/pkg/client/update.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package client
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"kcl-lang.io/kpm/pkg/checker"
@@ -20,12 +21,21 @@ import (
 // Updating a package means iterating all the dependencies of the package
 // and updating the dependencies and selecting the version of the dependencies by MVS.
 type UpdateOptions struct {
-	kpkg    *pkg.KclPkg
-	offline bool
+	kpkg          *pkg.KclPkg
+	offline       bool
+	updateModFile bool
 }
 
 type UpdateOption func(*UpdateOptions) error
 
+// WithUpdateModFile sets the flag to update the mod file.
+func WithUpdateModFile(updateModFile bool) UpdateOption {
+	return func(opts *UpdateOptions) error {
+		opts.updateModFile = updateModFile
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithOffline sets the offline option to update the package.
 func WithOffline(offline bool) UpdateOption {
 	return func(opts *UpdateOptions) error {
@@ -43,7 +53,7 @@ func WithUpdatedKclPkg(kpkg *pkg.KclPkg) UpdateOption {
 }
 
 func (c *KpmClient) Update(options ...UpdateOption) (*pkg.KclPkg, error) {
-	opts := &UpdateOptions{}
+	opts := &UpdateOptions{updateModFile: true}
 	for _, option := range options {
 		if err := option(opts); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -143,8 +153,16 @@ func (c *KpmClient) Update(options ...UpdateOption) (*pkg.KclPkg, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if !opts.offline {
-		err = kMod.UpdateModAndLockFile()
+	if opts.updateModFile && utils.DirExists(filepath.Join(kMod.HomePath, constants.KCL_MOD)) {
+		err = kMod.UpdateModFile()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Generate file kcl.mod.lock.
+	if !kMod.NoSumCheck && utils.DirExists(filepath.Join(kMod.HomePath, constants.KCL_MOD)) {
+		err := kMod.LockDepsVersion()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/package/package.go b/pkg/package/package.go
index 87a8d949..023124d3 100644
--- a/pkg/package/package.go
+++ b/pkg/package/package.go
@@ -385,9 +385,8 @@ func (kclPkg *KclPkg) LocalVendorPath() string {
 	return filepath.Join(kclPkg.HomePath, "vendor")
 }
 
-// updateModAndLockFile will update kcl.mod and kcl.mod.lock
-func (kclPkg *KclPkg) UpdateModAndLockFile() error {
-
+// UpdateModFile will update the kcl.mod file.
+func (kclPkg *KclPkg) UpdateModFile() error {
 	// Load kcl.mod SnapShot.
 	depSnapShot := kclPkg.depUI
 
@@ -412,6 +411,16 @@ func (kclPkg *KclPkg) UpdateModAndLockFile() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	return nil
+}
+
+// updateModAndLockFile will update kcl.mod and kcl.mod.lock
+func (kclPkg *KclPkg) UpdateModAndLockFile() error {
+	err := kclPkg.UpdateModFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	// Generate file kcl.mod.lock.
 	if !kclPkg.NoSumCheck {
 		err := kclPkg.LockDepsVersion()