diff --git a/packages/find-dependencies/src/find-dependencies.js b/packages/find-dependencies/src/find-dependencies.js
index 46083845..9402ca46 100644
--- a/packages/find-dependencies/src/find-dependencies.js
+++ b/packages/find-dependencies/src/find-dependencies.js
@@ -5,18 +5,13 @@ import { init, parse } from 'es-module-lexer';
 
 import { 
   isBareModuleSpecifier,
-  splitPath,
-  traverseUp
 } from './utils.js';
 
-const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-
 /**
  * 
  * @param {string[]} paths 
  * @param {{
  *  nodeModulesDepth?: number,
- *  basePath?: string,
  * }} options 
  * @returns {Promise<string[]>}
  */
@@ -25,25 +20,21 @@ export async function findDependencies(paths, options = {}) {
   const dependencies = new Set();
 
   const nodeModulesDepth = options?.nodeModulesDepth ?? 3;
-  const basePath = options?.basePath ?? process.cwd();
 
   /** Init es-module-lexer wasm */
   await init;
 
-  paths.forEach(path => {
-    const source = fs.readFileSync(path).toString();
+  paths.forEach(filePath => {
+    const source = fs.readFileSync(filePath).toString();
     const [imports] = parse(source);
 
+    const pathRequire = createRequire(path.resolve(filePath));
+
     imports?.forEach(i => {
       /** Skip built-in modules like fs, path, etc */
       if(builtinModules.includes(i.n)) return;
       try {
-        const pathToDependency = require.resolve(i.n, {paths: [
-          /** Current project's node_modules */
-          basePath,
-          /** Monorepo, look upwards in filetree n times */
-          ...traverseUp(nodeModulesDepth)
-        ]});
+        const pathToDependency = pathRequire.resolve(i.n);
 
         importsToScan.add(pathToDependency);
         dependencies.add(pathToDependency);
@@ -60,24 +51,18 @@ export async function findDependencies(paths, options = {}) {
       const source = fs.readFileSync(dep).toString();
       const [imports] = parse(source);
 
+      const depRequire = createRequire(dep);
+
       imports?.forEach(i => {
         /** Skip built-in modules like fs, path, etc */
         if(builtinModules.includes(i.n)) return;
-        const { packageRoot } = splitPath(dep);
         const fileToFind = isBareModuleSpecifier(i.n) ? i.n : path.join(path.dirname(dep), i.n);
         try {
           /**
            * First check in the dependencies' node_modules, then in the project's node_modules,
            * then up, and up, and up
            */
-          const pathToDependency = require.resolve(fileToFind, {paths: [
-            /** Nested node_modules */
-            packageRoot, 
-            /** Current project's node_modules */
-            basePath, 
-            /** Monorepo, look upwards in filetree n times */
-            ...traverseUp(nodeModulesDepth)
-          ]});
+          const pathToDependency = depRequire.resolve(fileToFind);
           /** 
            * Don't add dependencies we've already scanned, also avoids circular dependencies 
            * and multiple modules importing from the same module 
@@ -94,4 +79,4 @@ export async function findDependencies(paths, options = {}) {
   }
 
   return [...dependencies];
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/find-dependencies/src/utils.js b/packages/find-dependencies/src/utils.js
index 62497c95..ea850838 100644
--- a/packages/find-dependencies/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/find-dependencies/src/utils.js
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ import path from 'path';
  */
 const toUnix = p => p.replace(/\\/g, '/');
 
-/**
- * @param {number} depth 
- * @returns {string[]}
- */
-export function traverseUp(depth) {
-  return Array(depth).fill().map((_, i) => path.join(process.cwd(), ...Array(i).fill('..')));
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {string} specifier
  * @returns {boolean}
@@ -117,4 +109,4 @@ export function getUniquePackages(paths) {
     unique.add(packageName);
   });
   return [...unique];
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/find-dependencies/test/find-dependencies.test.js b/packages/find-dependencies/test/find-dependencies.test.js
index 19699002..ddd5c6ab 100644
--- a/packages/find-dependencies/test/find-dependencies.test.js
+++ b/packages/find-dependencies/test/find-dependencies.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { findDependencies } from '../src/find-dependencies.js';
 describe('find-dependencies', ({it}) => {
   it('finds dependencies for monorepo setup', async () => {
     const globs = await globby(['fixtures/monorepo/packages/my-package/*.js']);
-    let dependencies = await findDependencies(globs, { basePath: 'fixtures/monorepo/packages/my-package' });
+    let dependencies = await findDependencies(globs);
     dependencies = dependencies.map(d => d.split('fixtures')[1]);
 
     assert.deepEqual(dependencies,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('find-dependencies', ({it}) => {
 
   it('finds dependencies for regular setup', async () => {
     const globs = await globby(['fixtures/regular/index.js']);
-    let dependencies = await findDependencies(globs, { basePath: 'fixtures/regular' });
+    let dependencies = await findDependencies(globs);
     dependencies = dependencies.map(d => d.split('fixtures')[1]);
 
     assert.deepEqual(dependencies,
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ describe('find-dependencies', ({it}) => {
       ]
     )
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/packages/find-dependencies/test/utils.test.js b/packages/find-dependencies/test/utils.test.js
index 47ec6aa1..4ca017c7 100644
--- a/packages/find-dependencies/test/utils.test.js
+++ b/packages/find-dependencies/test/utils.test.js
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       });
     });
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});