AssetsCompiler 0.11.2 won't run for release/4.56 and below on CircleCI

[DevMarve]

For older version of cplace, release/4.56 and below, the AssetCompiler 0.11.2 won't run and will terminate with the following message.

     [exec] 
     [exec] [NPM] Could not find package.json in repo /home/circleci/collaborationFactory/******/packaging/~/target/software...
     [exec] ✹ Debugging enabled...
     [exec] Available cpus/cores: 2, rss: 61.72MB, heapTotal: 36.33MB, heapUsed: 19.08MB, external: 0.71MB
     [exec] ✹ (AssetsCompiler) Ignoring repo dependencies since localOnly execution...
     [exec] ✗ Failed to start assets compiler: (PackageVersion) version has not yet been initialized
     [exec] Error: (PackageVersion) version has not yet been initialized```

Here are some reference builds
- one 4.56 Build mit cplace-asc 0.10.0: https://circleci.com/gh/collaborationFactory/cplace/38630
- one 4.56 Build mit cplace-asc 0.11.2: https://circleci.com/gh/collaborationFactory/cplace/39635