diff --git a/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts b/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts
index 073a3c1a9..eaaa5a1f5 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/scripts/docs.mts
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ import mm from 'micromatch';
 // @ts-ignore No typescript declaration file
 import flatmap from 'unist-util-flatmap';
 import { visit } from 'unist-util-visit';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 // short-circuit `.schema.yaml` imports, so that we can safely import `shapes.js`
 register('./loadHook.mjs', import.meta.url);
 const { shapesDefs } = await import('../src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/shapes.js');
-
-export const MERMAID_RELEASE_VERSION = JSON.parse(readFileSync('../mermaid/package.json', 'utf8'))
+const packageJsonPath = join(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../../package.json');
+export const MERMAID_RELEASE_VERSION = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf8'))
   .version as string;
 const MERMAID_MAJOR_VERSION = MERMAID_RELEASE_VERSION.split('.')[0];
 const CDN_URL = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm'; // 'https://unpkg.com';