diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f2ac8d42f1..dd8e12105d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24797,7 +24797,7 @@
     },
     "packages/contentstack-import": {
       "name": "@contentstack/cli-cm-import",
-      "version": "1.11.0",
+      "version": "1.11.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@contentstack/cli-command": "~1.2.15",
@@ -25575,7 +25575,7 @@
     },
     "packages/contentstack-utilities": {
       "name": "@contentstack/cli-utilities",
-      "version": "1.5.6",
+      "version": "1.5.7",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@contentstack/management": "~1.12.0",
diff --git a/packages/contentstack-import/package.json b/packages/contentstack-import/package.json
index bbe42d7137..3bdf911f95 100644
--- a/packages/contentstack-import/package.json
+++ b/packages/contentstack-import/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@contentstack/cli-cm-import",
   "description": "Contentstack CLI plugin to import content into stack",
-  "version": "1.11.0",
+  "version": "1.11.1",
   "author": "Contentstack",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/contentstack/cli/issues",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/contentstack-import/src/import/module-importer.ts b/packages/contentstack-import/src/import/module-importer.ts
index 1f1a09fd41..f92999429b 100755
--- a/packages/contentstack-import/src/import/module-importer.ts
+++ b/packages/contentstack-import/src/import/module-importer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ContentstackClient, HttpClient } from '@contentstack/cli-utilities';
+import { addLocale, ContentstackClient } from '@contentstack/cli-utilities';
 
 import startModuleImport from './modules';
 import startJSModuleImport from './modules-js';
@@ -26,19 +26,9 @@ class ModuleImporter {
 
     // Temporarily adding this api call to verify management token has read and write permissions
     // TODO: CS-40354 - CLI | import rewrite | Migrate HTTP call to SDK call once fix is ready from SDK side
-    const httpClient = new HttpClient({
-      headers: { api_key: this.importConfig.apiKey, authorization: this.importConfig.management_token },
-    });
-
-    const { data } = await httpClient.post(`https://${this.importConfig.host}/v3/locales`, {
-      locale: {
-        name: 'English',
-        code: 'en-us',
-      },
-    });
 
-    if (data.error_code === 161) {
-      throw new Error(data.error_message);
+    if (this.importConfig.management_token) {
+      await addLocale(this.importConfig.apiKey, this.importConfig.management_token, this.importConfig.host);
     }
 
     if (!this.importConfig.master_locale) {
diff --git a/packages/contentstack-utilities/package.json b/packages/contentstack-utilities/package.json
index 34ff07bfd4..09885b7a97 100644
--- a/packages/contentstack-utilities/package.json
+++ b/packages/contentstack-utilities/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@contentstack/cli-utilities",
-  "version": "1.5.6",
+  "version": "1.5.7",
   "description": "Utilities for contentstack projects",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/contentstack-utilities/src/add-locale.ts b/packages/contentstack-utilities/src/add-locale.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a7845c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/contentstack-utilities/src/add-locale.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { HttpClient } from './http-client';
+
+export const addLocale = async (apiKey, managementToken, host) => {
+  const httpClient = new HttpClient({
+    headers: { api_key: apiKey, authorization: managementToken },
+  });
+
+  const { data } = await httpClient.post(`https://${host}/v3/locales`, {
+    locale: {
+      name: 'English',
+      code: 'en-us',
+    },
+  });
+
+  if ([161, 105].includes(data.error_code)) {
+    throw new Error(data.error_code === 105 ? 'Sorry but you don\'t have access to this stack' : data.error_message);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/contentstack-utilities/src/index.ts b/packages/contentstack-utilities/src/index.ts
index 0a9d76f8dc..61703a1584 100644
--- a/packages/contentstack-utilities/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/contentstack-utilities/src/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export { Args as args, Flags as flags, Command } from './cli-ux';
 export * from './helpers';
 export * from './interfaces';
 export * from './date-time';
+export * from './add-locale';
 
 // NOTE Exporting all @oclif/core modules: So that all the module can be acessed through cli-utility
 export {