diff --git a/core/cli/src/tasks.ts b/core/cli/src/tasks.ts
index 0ee445d08..d2043dbf0 100644
--- a/core/cli/src/tasks.ts
+++ b/core/cli/src/tasks.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export async function runTasksFromConfig(logger: Logger, config: ValidConfig, co
     for (const task of tasks) {
       try {
         logger.info(styles.taskHeader(`running ${styles.task(task.id)} task`))
-        await task.run({ files, command })
+        await task.run({ files, command, cwd: config.root })
       } catch (error) {
         // if there's an exit code, that's a request from the task to exit early
         if (error instanceof ToolKitError && error.exitCode) {
diff --git a/lib/base/src/task.ts b/lib/base/src/task.ts
index 45117b928..320df44ee 100644
--- a/lib/base/src/task.ts
+++ b/lib/base/src/task.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type Default<T, D> = T extends undefined ? D : T
 export type TaskRunContext = {
   files?: string[]
   command: string
+  cwd: string
 }
 
 export abstract class Task<
diff --git a/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts b/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
index 026975332..38d8ebc4c 100644
--- a/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
+++ b/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ export default class WorkspaceCommand extends Task<{ task: typeof WorkspaceComma
     return runTasksFromConfig(this.logger.child({ packageId }), config, [command], files)
   }
 
-  async run({ command, files }: TaskRunContext) {
-    const cwd = process.cwd()
+  async run({ command, files, cwd }: TaskRunContext) {
     const pkg = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(path.join(cwd, 'package.json'), 'utf8'))
 
     const workspaces = await mapWorkspaces({ cwd, pkg })