diff --git a/.changeset/early-olives-kick.md b/.changeset/early-olives-kick.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47d24498b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-olives-kick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"open-next": patch
+---
+
+fix: look for required-server-files.json in outputPath 
diff --git a/packages/open-next/src/build.ts b/packages/open-next/src/build.ts
index 26d0794ff..4afc8c628 100755
--- a/packages/open-next/src/build.ts
+++ b/packages/open-next/src/build.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export async function build(
   await createRevalidationBundle(config);
   await createImageOptimizationBundle(config);
   await createWarmerBundle(config);
-  await generateOutput(options.appPath, options.appBuildOutputPath, config);
+  await generateOutput(options.appBuildOutputPath, config);
   logger.info("OpenNext build complete.");
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/open-next/src/build/generateOutput.ts b/packages/open-next/src/build/generateOutput.ts
index 7247c7f96..c02d1c8e1 100644
--- a/packages/open-next/src/build/generateOutput.ts
+++ b/packages/open-next/src/build/generateOutput.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ function prefixPattern(basePath: string) {
 }
 
 export async function generateOutput(
-  appPath: string,
   outputPath: string,
   config: OpenNextConfig,
 ) {
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ export async function generateOutput(
   //Load required-server-files.json
   const requiredServerFiles = JSON.parse(
     fs.readFileSync(
-      path.join(appPath, ".next", "required-server-files.json"),
+      path.join(outputPath, ".next", "required-server-files.json"),
       "utf-8",
     ),
   ).config as NextConfig;