diff --git a/.changeset/cold-rockets-brake.md b/.changeset/cold-rockets-brake.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944270e31b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-rockets-brake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'nextra': patch
+---
+
+use `findPagesDir` from `next/dist/lib/find-pages-dir`
diff --git a/packages/nextra/src/loader.ts b/packages/nextra/src/loader.ts
index 6f8c1f635d..72fdd3eedd 100644
--- a/packages/nextra/src/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/nextra/src/loader.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import grayMatter from 'gray-matter'
 import slash from 'slash'
 import { LoaderContext } from 'webpack'
 import { Repository } from '@napi-rs/simple-git'
+import { findPagesDir } from 'next/dist/lib/find-pages-dir.js'
 
 import { addPage } from './content-dump'
 import { parseFileName } from './utils'
 import { compileMdx } from './compile'
-import { getPageMap, findPagesDir } from './page-map'
+import { getPageMap } from './page-map'
 import { collectFiles, collectMdx } from './plugin'
 import {
   IS_PRODUCTION,
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 // TODO: create this as a webpack plugin.
 const indexContentEmitted = new Set<string>()
 
-const pagesDir = path.resolve(findPagesDir())
+const pagesDir = findPagesDir(process.cwd()).pages
 
 const [repository, gitRoot] = (function () {
   try {
diff --git a/packages/nextra/src/page-map.ts b/packages/nextra/src/page-map.ts
index 2ae4c8bc82..1a2a881a5e 100644
--- a/packages/nextra/src/page-map.ts
+++ b/packages/nextra/src/page-map.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
 import { PageMapItem } from './types'
-import { parseFileName, existsSync } from './utils'
+import { parseFileName } from './utils'
 import path from 'path'
 import filterRouteLocale from './filter-route-locale'
 
-export function findPagesDir(dir = process.cwd()): string {
-  // prioritize ./pages over ./src/pages
-  if (existsSync(path.join(dir, 'pages'))) return 'pages'
-  if (existsSync(path.join(dir, 'src/pages'))) return 'src/pages'
-
-  throw new Error(
-    "> Couldn't find a `pages` directory. Please create one under the project root"
-  )
-}
-
 export function getPageMap(
   currentResourcePath: string,
   pageMap: PageMapItem[],
diff --git a/packages/nextra/src/plugin.ts b/packages/nextra/src/plugin.ts
index 1ecee5076f..3d59d5932a 100644
--- a/packages/nextra/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/nextra/src/plugin.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import { parseFileName, parseJsonFile } from './utils'
 import path from 'path'
 import slash from 'slash'
 import grayMatter from 'gray-matter'
-import { findPagesDir } from './page-map'
+import { findPagesDir } from 'next/dist/lib/find-pages-dir.js'
 import { Compiler } from 'webpack'
+
 import { restoreCache } from './content-dump'
 import { MARKDOWN_EXTENSION_REGEX } from './constants'
 
@@ -109,9 +110,8 @@ export class NextraPlugin {
           // Restore the search data from the cache.
           restoreCache()
         }
-
         const result = await collectFiles(
-          path.join(process.cwd(), findPagesDir()),
+          findPagesDir(process.cwd()).pages,
           '/'
         )
         pageMapCache.set(result)