caniuse-lite is outdated and cannot update without package.json

After creating a new Rails 7.1.1 app with: --css tailwind, and -a propshaft but no Javascript bundler/builder (rather using the now default importmaps) this message appears when running the server (using bin/dev) in development:

Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run:
  npx update-browserslist-db@latest
  Why you should do it regularly: https://github.com/browserslist/update-db#readme

Running the prescribed command in the root of the app fails because package.json is not present in the app (nor should it be).

Here is the error:

/Users/dewald/.npm/_npx/072487b38308305a/node_modules/update-browserslist-db/index.js:31
    throw new BrowserslistUpdateError(
    ^
Error [BrowserslistUpdateError]: Cannot find package.json. Is this the right directory to run `npx update-browserslist-db` in?
    at detectLockfile (/Users/dewald/.npm/_npx/072487b38308305a/node_modules/update-browserslist-db/index.js:31:11)
    at updateDB (/Users/dewald/.npm/_npx/072487b38308305a/node_modules/update-browserslist-db/index.js:271:14)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/dewald/.npm/_npx/072487b38308305a/node_modules/browserslist/cli.js:47:3)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:77:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47 {
  browserslist: true
}

rails / tailwindcss-rails

caniuse-lite is outdated and cannot update without package.json #283