diff --git a/packages/panels/src/Commands/MakeThemeCommand.php b/packages/panels/src/Commands/MakeThemeCommand.php
index 2b103a998f..cb4937e5ff 100644
--- a/packages/panels/src/Commands/MakeThemeCommand.php
+++ b/packages/panels/src/Commands/MakeThemeCommand.php
@@ -25,12 +25,9 @@ class MakeThemeCommand extends Command
     {
         $packageJson = file_get_contents(base_path('package.json')) ?: '';
 
-        $isTailwindV4Installed = str_contains($packageJson, '"@tailwindcss/postcss": "^4')
-            || str_contains($packageJson, '"@tailwindcss/postcss": "4')
-            || str_contains($packageJson, '"@tailwindcss/vite": "^4')
-            || str_contains($packageJson, '"@tailwindcss/vite": "4')
-            || str_contains($packageJson, '"tailwindcss": "^4')
-            || str_contains($packageJson, '"tailwindcss": "4');
+        $shouldInstallTailwindV3 = str_contains($packageJson, '"tailwindcss": "^3')
+            || str_contains($packageJson, '"tailwindcss": "3')
+            || (! str_contains($packageJson, '"tailwindcss": "'));
 
         $pm = $this->option('pm') ?? 'npm';
 
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ class MakeThemeCommand extends Command
             default => "{$pm} install",
         };
 
-        if (! $isTailwindV4Installed) {
+        if ($shouldInstallTailwindV3) {
             exec("{$installCommand} tailwindcss@3 @tailwindcss/forms @tailwindcss/typography postcss postcss-nesting autoprefixer --save-dev");
         } else {
             exec("{$installCommand} @tailwindcss/forms @tailwindcss/typography --save-dev");
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@ class MakeThemeCommand extends Command
             ->map(fn ($segment) => Str::lower(Str::kebab($segment)))
             ->implode('/');
 
-        $this->copyStubToApp($isTailwindV4Installed ? 'ThemeCssTailwind4' : 'ThemeCss', $cssFilePath, [
+        $this->copyStubToApp($shouldInstallTailwindV3 ? 'ThemeCss' : 'ThemeCssTailwind4', $cssFilePath, [
             'panel' => $panelId,
         ]);
         $this->copyStubToApp('ThemeTailwindConfig', $tailwindConfigFilePath, [
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ class MakeThemeCommand extends Command
 
         $this->components->info("Filament theme [resources/css/filament/{$panelId}/theme.css] and [resources/css/filament/{$panelId}/tailwind.config.js] created successfully.");
 
-        if ($isTailwindV4Installed) {
+        if (! $shouldInstallTailwindV3) {
             $this->components->warn('Action is required to complete the theme setup:');
             $this->components->bulletList([
                 'It looks like you have Tailwind v4 installed. Filament uses Tailwind v3. You should downgrade your project and re-run this command with `--force`, or use the following command to compile the theme with the Tailwind v3 CLI:',