diff --git a/src/plugins/typedoc/README.md b/src/plugins/typedoc/README.md
index 327d5dac9..4d07dbc0b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/typedoc/README.md
+++ b/src/plugins/typedoc/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ or `devDependencies`:
       "typedoc.{js,cjs,json,jsonc}",
       "typedoc.config.{js,cjs}",
       ".config/typedoc.{js,cjs,json,jsonc}",
-      ".config/typedoc.config.{js,cjs}"
+      ".config/typedoc.config.{js,cjs}",
+      "package.json",
+      "tsconfig.json"
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/typedoc/index.ts b/src/plugins/typedoc/index.ts
index 635127385..2183df326 100644
--- a/src/plugins/typedoc/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/typedoc/index.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,16 @@ export const CONFIG_FILE_PATTERNS = [
   'typedoc.config.{js,cjs}',
   '.config/typedoc.{js,cjs,json,jsonc}',
   '.config/typedoc.config.{js,cjs}',
+  'package.json',
+  'tsconfig.json',
 ];
 
-const findTypeDocDependencies: GenericPluginCallback = async configFilePath => {
-  const config: PluginConfig = await load(configFilePath);
+const findTypeDocDependencies: GenericPluginCallback = async (configFilePath, { manifest }) => {
+  const config: PluginConfig = configFilePath.endsWith('package.json')
+    ? manifest.typedocOptions
+    : configFilePath.endsWith('tsconfig.json')
+    ? (await load(configFilePath)).typedocOptions
+    : await load(configFilePath);
   return config?.plugin ?? [];
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/plugins/typedoc/package.json b/tests/fixtures/plugins/typedoc/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f9a06f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/plugins/typedoc/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "typedoc",
+  "typedocOptions": {
+    "plugin": [
+      "typedoc-plugin-umami"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/plugins/typedoc/tsconfig.json b/tests/fixtures/plugins/typedoc/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..523a433b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/plugins/typedoc/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "typedocOptions": {
+    "plugin": ["typedoc-plugin-zod"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/plugins/typedoc.test.ts b/tests/plugins/typedoc.test.ts
index 9583625ce..b1c5cb67a 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/typedoc.test.ts
+++ b/tests/plugins/typedoc.test.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,29 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
 import * as typedoc from '../../src/plugins/typedoc/index.js';
 import { resolve, join } from '../../src/util/path.js';
+import { getManifest } from '../helpers/index.js';
 
 const cwd = resolve('tests/fixtures/plugins/typedoc');
+const manifest = getManifest(cwd);
 
 test('Find dependencies in typedoc configuration (json)', async () => {
   const configFilePath = join(cwd, 'typedoc.json');
-  const dependencies = await typedoc.findDependencies(configFilePath);
+  const dependencies = await typedoc.findDependencies(configFilePath, { manifest });
   assert.deepEqual(dependencies, [
     '@appium/typedoc-plugin-appium',
     'typedoc-plugin-expand-object-like-types',
     './dist/index.cjs',
   ]);
 });
+
+test('Find dependencies in typedoc configuration (package.json)', async () => {
+  const configFilePath = join(cwd, 'tsconfig.json');
+  const dependencies = await typedoc.findDependencies(configFilePath, { manifest });
+  assert.deepEqual(dependencies, ['typedoc-plugin-zod']);
+});
+
+test('Find dependencies in typedoc configuration (tsconfig.json)', async () => {
+  const configFilePath = join(cwd, 'package.json');
+  const dependencies = await typedoc.findDependencies(configFilePath, { manifest });
+  assert.deepEqual(dependencies, ['typedoc-plugin-umami']);
+});