eas build faild with missing package.json

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Summary

I have done an upgrade to eas-cli version 9.0.2 right after the upgrade of expo sdk to version 51.
When I run eas build, I get the error message that the package.json file is missing in ios folder?!

eas build
✔ Select platform › Android
Loaded "env" configuration for the "production" profile: no environment variables specified. Learn more: https://docs.expo.dev/build-reference/variables/
Specified value for "android.package" in app.json is ignored because an android directory was detected in the project.
EAS Build will use the value found in the native code.
✔ Using remote Android credentials (Expo server)
✔ Using Keystore from configuration: Build Credentials 34xVKAd5jG (default)
ConfigError: The expected package.json path: /Users/muellermario/_workingDirectory/_github/TFCH/tfch/ios/package.json does not exist

Managed or bare?

bare

Environment

output from npx expo-env-info:
expo-env-info 1.2.0 environment info:
System:
OS: macOS 14.4.1
Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 20.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - /opt/homebrew/bin/yarn
npm: 10.1.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.14.2 - /opt/homebrew/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: DriverKit 23.4, iOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, watchOS 10.4
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2023.1 AI-231.9392.1.2311.11330709
Xcode: 15.3/15E204a - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
npmGlobalPackages:
eas-cli: 9.0.2

output from npx expo-doctor:
ConfigError: The expected package.json path: /myproject/ios/package.json does not exist
at getRootPackageJsonPath (/Users/.../.npm/_npx/c15e4b19a90d9797/node_modules/expo-doctor/build/index.js:53:482328)
at getPackageJsonAndPath (/Users/.../.npm/_npx/c15e4b19a90d9797/node_modules/expo-doctor/build/index.js:53:466818)
at getConfig (/Users/.../.npm/_npx/c15e4b19a90d9797/node_modules/expo-doctor/build/index.js:53:465299)
at actionAsync (/Users/.../.npm/_npx/c15e4b19a90d9797/node_modules/expo-doctor/build/index.js:59:100143)
at async run (/Users/.../.npm/_npx/c15e4b19a90d9797/node_modules/expo-doctor/build/index.js:59:101815) {
isConfigError: true,
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
cause: undefined
}

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Reproducible demo or steps to reproduce from a blank project

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