diff --git a/bootstrap.mjs b/bootstrap.mjs
index 7ae08207c..92ba9d584 100644
--- a/bootstrap.mjs
+++ b/bootstrap.mjs
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 
 const __dirname = url.fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
 
+const actionRoot = pathResolve(__dirname, '../');
+
 execSync(
-  `npm --prefix ${__dirname} install semantic-release --omit=dev --no-audit --no-progress --prefer-offline`,
+  `npm --prefix ${actionRoot} install semantic-release --omit=dev --no-audit --no-progress --prefer-offline`,
   {
     stdio: 'inherit',
-    cwd: __dirname,
+    cwd: actionRoot,
     env: {
       ...process.env,
-      PWD: __dirname,
+      PWD: actionRoot,
     },
   },
 );