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index 0e358fe4393c1..f70694485e0f0 100644
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d957a93e2974..1031f41bb4bd4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
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     "https-proxy-agent": "5.0.1",
-    "pkg-dir": "4.2.0",
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diff --git a/src/initializePuppeteer.ts b/src/initializePuppeteer.ts
index 224e498e5882b..c23b99b84ebf0 100644
--- a/src/initializePuppeteer.ts
+++ b/src/initializePuppeteer.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {sync} from 'pkg-dir';
+import {packageDirectorySync} from 'pkg-dir';
 import {Product} from './common/Product.js';
 import {rootDirname} from './constants.js';
 import {PuppeteerNode} from './node/Puppeteer.js';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {PUPPETEER_REVISIONS} from './revisions.js';
  */
 export const initializePuppeteer = (packageName: string): PuppeteerNode => {
   const isPuppeteerCore = packageName === 'puppeteer-core';
-  const puppeteerRootDirectory = sync(rootDirname);
+  const puppeteerRootDirectory = packageDirectorySync({cwd: rootDirname});
   let preferredRevision = PUPPETEER_REVISIONS.chromium;
   // puppeteer-core ignores environment variables
   const productName = !isPuppeteerCore