diff --git a/packages/gatsby-telemetry/src/telemetry.ts b/packages/gatsby-telemetry/src/telemetry.ts
index df74c6fe2ca4e..aa6996575da74 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-telemetry/src/telemetry.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-telemetry/src/telemetry.ts
@@ -215,14 +215,10 @@ export class AnalyticsTracker {
   }
 
   getGatsbyVersion(): SemVer {
-    const packageInfo = require(join(
-      process.cwd(),
-      `node_modules`,
-      `gatsby`,
-      `package.json`
-    ))
     try {
-      return packageInfo.version
+      const packageJson = require.resolve(`gatsby/package.json`)
+      const { version } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJson, `utf-8`))
+      return version
     } catch (e) {
       // ignore
     }