diff --git a/mypy/config_parser.py b/mypy/config_parser.py
index afda41ad58822..a6bf021000c1a 100644
--- a/mypy/config_parser.py
+++ b/mypy/config_parser.py
@@ -229,28 +229,6 @@ def split_commas(value: str) -> list[str]:
 )
 
 
-def _find_pyproject() -> list[str]:
-    """Search for file pyproject.toml in the parent directories recursively.
-
-    It resolves symlinks, so if there is any symlink up in the tree, it does not respect them
-    """
-    # We start from the parent dir, since 'pyproject.toml' is already parsed
-    current_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.curdir, os.path.pardir))
-    is_root = False
-    while not is_root:
-        for pyproject_name in defaults.PYPROJECT_CONFIG_FILES:
-            config_file = os.path.join(current_dir, pyproject_name)
-            if os.path.isfile(config_file):
-                return [os.path.abspath(config_file)]
-        parent = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(current_dir, os.path.pardir))
-        is_root = current_dir == parent or any(
-            os.path.isdir(os.path.join(current_dir, cvs_root)) for cvs_root in (".git", ".hg")
-        )
-        current_dir = parent
-
-    return []
-
-
 def parse_config_file(
     options: Options,
     set_strict_flags: Callable[[], None],
@@ -270,9 +248,7 @@ def parse_config_file(
     if filename is not None:
         config_files: tuple[str, ...] = (filename,)
     else:
-        config_files_iter: Iterable[str] = map(
-            os.path.expanduser, defaults.CONFIG_FILES + _find_pyproject()
-        )
+        config_files_iter: Iterable[str] = map(os.path.expanduser, defaults.CONFIG_FILES)
         config_files = tuple(config_files_iter)
 
     config_parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
diff --git a/mypy/defaults.py b/mypy/defaults.py
index 2bbae23d7e2d8..3ec689e548ec0 100644
--- a/mypy/defaults.py
+++ b/mypy/defaults.py
@@ -12,9 +12,33 @@
 # mypy, at least version PYTHON3_VERSION is needed.
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MIN: Final = (3, 8)  # Keep in sync with typeshed's python support
 
+
+def find_pyproject() -> str:
+    """Search for file pyproject.toml in the parent directories recursively.
+
+    It resolves symlinks, so if there is any symlink up in the tree, it does not respect them
+
+    If the file is not found until the root of FS or repository, PYPROJECT_FILE is used
+    """
+    current_dir = os.path.curdir
+    is_root = False
+    while not is_root:
+        config_file = os.path.join(current_dir, PYPROJECT_FILE)
+        if os.path.isfile(config_file):
+            return config_file
+        parent = os.path.join(current_dir, os.path.pardir)
+        is_root = os.path.samefile(current_dir, parent) or any(
+            os.path.isdir(os.path.join(current_dir, cvs_root)) for cvs_root in (".git", ".hg")
+        )
+        current_dir = parent
+
+    return PYPROJECT_FILE
+
+
 CACHE_DIR: Final = ".mypy_cache"
 CONFIG_FILE: Final = ["mypy.ini", ".mypy.ini"]
-PYPROJECT_CONFIG_FILES: Final = ["pyproject.toml"]
+PYPROJECT_FILE: Final = "pyproject.toml"
+PYPROJECT_CONFIG_FILES: Final = [find_pyproject()]
 SHARED_CONFIG_FILES: Final = ["setup.cfg"]
 USER_CONFIG_FILES: Final = ["~/.config/mypy/config", "~/.mypy.ini"]
 if os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME"):
diff --git a/test-data/unit/cmdline.pyproject.test b/test-data/unit/cmdline.pyproject.test
index 831bce2eb63d1..7150737a7661a 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/cmdline.pyproject.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/cmdline.pyproject.test
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def f(a):
 def g(a: int) -> int:
     return f(a)
 [out]
-pyproject.toml: tool.mypy.overrides sections must be an array. Please make sure you are using double brackets like so: [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+./pyproject.toml: tool.mypy.overrides sections must be an array. Please make sure you are using double brackets like so: [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 == Return code: 0
 
 [case testNoModuleInOverridePyprojectTOML]
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def f(a):
 def g(a: int) -> int:
     return f(a)
 [out]
-pyproject.toml: toml config file contains a [[tool.mypy.overrides]] section, but no module to override was specified.
+./pyproject.toml: toml config file contains a [[tool.mypy.overrides]] section, but no module to override was specified.
 == Return code: 0
 
 [case testInvalidModuleInOverridePyprojectTOML]
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def f(a):
 def g(a: int) -> int:
     return f(a)
 [out]
-pyproject.toml: toml config file contains a [[tool.mypy.overrides]] section with a module value that is not a string or a list of strings
+./pyproject.toml: toml config file contains a [[tool.mypy.overrides]] section with a module value that is not a string or a list of strings
 == Return code: 0
 
 [case testConflictingModuleInOverridesPyprojectTOML]
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def f(a):
 def g(a: int) -> int:
     return f(a)
 [out]
-pyproject.toml: toml config file contains [[tool.mypy.overrides]] sections with conflicting values. Module 'x' has two different values for 'disallow_untyped_defs'
+./pyproject.toml: toml config file contains [[tool.mypy.overrides]] sections with conflicting values. Module 'x' has two different values for 'disallow_untyped_defs'
 == Return code: 0
 
 [case testMultilineLiteralExcludePyprojectTOML]