diff --git a/scripts/layered.sh b/scripts/layered.sh
index 696a25f582..6e5c91be29 100755
--- a/scripts/layered.sh
+++ b/scripts/layered.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 export PR_ORG=element-hq
 export PR_REPO=element-web
 
-js_sdk_dep=`jq -r '.dependencies["matrix-js-sdk"]' < package.json`
+js_sdk_dep=$(jq -r '.dependencies["matrix-js-sdk"]' < $(pnpm -w root)/../apps/web/package.json)
 
 # Set up the js-sdk first (unless package.json pins a specific version)
 if [ "$js_sdk_dep" = "github:matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop" ]; then