diff --git a/packages/cli/src/resolve-lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/resolve-lint.ts
index 399559b5ef..671b88c650 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/resolve-lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/resolve-lint.ts
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ export async function lint(): Promise<{
     // On Windows, try .exe first (bun creates .exe), then .cmd (npm/pnpm/yarn create .cmd)
     const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
     const localBinDir = join(scriptDir, '..', 'node_modules', '.bin');
-    const cwdBinDir = join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', '.bin');
-    oxlintTsgolintPath =
-      [
-        join(localBinDir, 'tsgolint.exe'),
-        join(localBinDir, 'tsgolint.cmd'),
-        join(cwdBinDir, 'tsgolint.exe'),
-        join(cwdBinDir, 'tsgolint.cmd'),
-      ].find((p) => existsSync(p)) ?? '';
+    const oxlintTsgolintPackagePath = dirname(dirname(oxlintTsgolintPath));
+    const projectBinDir = join(oxlintTsgolintPackagePath, '..', '.bin');
+    const pathCandidates = [
+      join(localBinDir, 'tsgolint.exe'),
+      join(localBinDir, 'tsgolint.cmd'),
+      join(projectBinDir, 'tsgolint.exe'),
+      join(projectBinDir, 'tsgolint.cmd'),
+    ];
+    oxlintTsgolintPath = pathCandidates.find((p) => existsSync(p)) ?? '';
     // Bun stores packages in .bun/ cache dirs where the symlinked paths above won't match.
     if (!oxlintTsgolintPath) {
       try {
@@ -67,7 +68,10 @@ export async function lint(): Promise<{
       }
     }
     if (!oxlintTsgolintPath) {
-      oxlintTsgolintPath = join(cwdBinDir, 'tsgolint.cmd');
+      throw new Error(
+        'Unable to resolve oxlint-tsgolint executable, tried:\n' +
+          pathCandidates.map((path) => `- ${path}`).join('\n'),
+      );
     }
     const relativePath = relative(process.cwd(), oxlintTsgolintPath);
     // Only prepend .\ if it's actually a relative path (not an absolute path returned by relative())