diff --git a/@alias/commitlint/cli.js b/@alias/commitlint/cli.js
index ca3bb2f16b..6fd6c3ff4a 100755
--- a/@alias/commitlint/cli.js
+++ b/@alias/commitlint/cli.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const resolvePkg = require('resolve-pkg');
 const readPkg = require('read-pkg');
 
 const pkgDir = resolvePkg('@commitlint/cli', {cwd: __dirname});
-const manifest = readPkg.sync(path.join(pkgDir, 'package.json'));
+const manifest = readPkg.sync({cwd: pkgDir});
 const bin = path.join(pkgDir, manifest.bin.commitlint);
 
 require(bin);
diff --git a/@packages/utils/pkg-check.js b/@packages/utils/pkg-check.js
index b7dde148fa..3122ae80a6 100755
--- a/@packages/utils/pkg-check.js
+++ b/@packages/utils/pkg-check.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function main(cli) {
 	const skipImport =
 		typeof cli.flags.skipImport === 'boolean' ? cli.flags.skipImport : false;
 
-	return readPkg(cwd).then(pkg => {
+	return readPkg({cwd}).then(pkg => {
 		return getTarballFiles(cwd, {write: !skipImport}).then(tarball => {
 			return getPackageFiles(cwd).then(pkgFiles => {
 				let problems = [];