diff --git a/.changeset/thick-dancers-guess.md b/.changeset/thick-dancers-guess.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f8910f975b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-dancers-guess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": patch
+---
+
+Fix the return path of `pnpm pack` (#5471)
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
index ed894d299c4..141080506e0 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export async function handler (
     await _runScriptsIfPresent(['postpack'], entryManifest)
   }
   if (opts.dir !== dir) {
-    return path.join(dir, tarballName)
+    return path.join(destDir, tarballName)
   }
   return path.relative(opts.dir, path.join(dir, tarballName))
 }