diff --git a/src/common/Puppeteer.ts b/src/common/Puppeteer.ts
index 2b7dad87e69d8..9cb299a20d76c 100644
--- a/src/common/Puppeteer.ts
+++ b/src/common/Puppeteer.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export class Puppeteer {
       this._lazyLauncher.product !== this._productName ||
       this._changedProduct
     ) {
-      const { packageJson } = readPkgUp.sync();
+      const { packageJson } = readPkgUp.sync({ cwd: __dirname });
       switch (this._productName) {
         case 'firefox':
           this._preferredRevision = packageJson.puppeteer.firefox_revision;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index cc48ebfe7d5d4..c395a7690ae14 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ import { initializePuppeteer, InitOptions } from './initialize';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import readPkgUp from 'read-pkg-up';
 
-const packageJsonResult = readPkgUp.sync();
+const packageJsonResult = readPkgUp.sync({
+  cwd: __dirname,
+});
 const packageJson = packageJsonResult.packageJson as unknown;
 
 const rootDir = path.dirname(packageJsonResult.path);