diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/package.json b/packages/cli-tools/package.json
index 909cd8ed7..d45ed88d4 100644
--- a/packages/cli-tools/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "appdirsjs": "^1.2.4",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
+    "find-up": "^5.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "mime": "^2.4.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
     "@react-native-community/cli-types": "^9.0.0-alpha.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.149",
     "@types/mime": "^2.0.1",
-    "@types/node": "^17.0.35",
+    "@types/node": "^12.0.0",
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.5.5"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/src/__tests__/resolveNodeModuleDir.test.ts b/packages/cli-tools/src/__tests__/resolveNodeModuleDir.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3024af155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/src/__tests__/resolveNodeModuleDir.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import {getTempDirectory, writeFiles} from '../../../../jest/helpers';
+import resolveNodeModuleDir from '../resolveNodeModuleDir';
+import path from 'path';
+
+const DIR = getTempDirectory('resolve_node_module_dir_test');
+
+describe('resolveNodeModuleDir', () => {
+  it('throws an error when node module directory does not exist', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      resolveNodeModuleDir(DIR, 'non-existing-package'),
+    ).toThrowError(
+      'Node module directory for package non-existing-package was not found',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('returns resolved directory', () => {
+    writeFiles(DIR, {
+      'node_modules/test-package/package.json': '{}',
+    });
+    expect(resolveNodeModuleDir(DIR, 'test-package')).toEqual(
+      path.join(DIR, 'node_modules/test-package'),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/src/findPackageDependencyDir.ts b/packages/cli-tools/src/findPackageDependencyDir.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8e02d0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/src/findPackageDependencyDir.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * Source vendored from:
+ * https://github.com/microsoft/rnx-kit/blob/f37adca5161eba66fc27de25d48f72973fff9e8e/packages/tools-node/src/package.ts#L213-L234
+ */
+import findUp from 'find-up';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+/**
+ * Pick the value for each `key` property from `obj` and return each one in a new object.
+ * If `names` are given, use them in the new object, instead of `keys`.
+ *
+ * If any `key` was not found or its value was `undefined`, nothing will be picked for that key.
+ *
+ * @param obj Object to pick from
+ * @param keys Keys to pick
+ * @param names Optional names to use in the output object
+ * @returns A new object containing a each `name` property and the picked value, or `undefined` if no keys were picked.
+ */
+export function pickValues<T>(
+  obj: T,
+  keys: (keyof T)[],
+  names?: string[],
+): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
+  const finalNames = names ?? keys;
+  const results: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+
+  let pickedValue = false;
+  for (let index = 0; index < keys.length; ++index) {
+    const value = obj[keys[index]];
+    if (typeof value !== 'undefined') {
+      results[finalNames[index].toString()] = value;
+      pickedValue = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return pickedValue ? results : undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Components of a package reference.
+ */
+export type PackageRef = {
+  scope?: string;
+  name: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Options which control how package dependecies are located.
+ */
+export type FindPackageDependencyOptions = {
+  /**
+   * Optional starting directory for the search. Defaults to `process.cwd()`.
+   */
+  startDir?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Optional flag controlling whether symlinks can be found. Defaults to `true`.
+   * When `false`, and the package dependency directory is a symlink, it will not
+   * be found.
+   */
+  allowSymlinks?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Optional flag controlling whether to resolve symlinks. Defaults to `false`.
+   * Note that this flag has no effect if `allowSymlinks` is `false`.
+   */
+  resolveSymlinks?: boolean;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Find the package dependency's directory, starting from the given directory
+ * and moving outward, through all parent directories.
+ *
+ * Package dependencies exist under 'node_modules/[`scope`]/[`name`]'.
+ *
+ * @param ref Package dependency reference
+ * @param options Options which control the search
+ * @returns Path to the package dependency's directory, or `undefined` if not found.
+ */
+export function findPackageDependencyDir(
+  ref: string | PackageRef,
+  options?: FindPackageDependencyOptions,
+): string | undefined {
+  const pkgName =
+    typeof ref === 'string' ? ref : path.join(ref.scope ?? '', ref.name);
+  const packageDir = findUp.sync(path.join('node_modules', pkgName), {
+    ...pickValues(
+      options ?? {},
+      ['startDir', 'allowSymlinks'],
+      ['cwd', 'allowSymlinks'],
+    ),
+    type: 'directory',
+  });
+  if (!packageDir || !options?.resolveSymlinks) {
+    return packageDir;
+  }
+
+  return fs.lstatSync(packageDir).isSymbolicLink()
+    ? path.resolve(path.dirname(packageDir), fs.readlinkSync(packageDir))
+    : packageDir;
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/src/resolveNodeModuleDir.ts b/packages/cli-tools/src/resolveNodeModuleDir.ts
index 7a03950cd..f7e5c06a3 100644
--- a/packages/cli-tools/src/resolveNodeModuleDir.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/src/resolveNodeModuleDir.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import path from 'path';
+import {findPackageDependencyDir} from './findPackageDependencyDir';
+import {CLIError} from './errors';
 
 /**
  * Finds a path inside `node_modules`
@@ -7,9 +8,14 @@ export default function resolveNodeModuleDir(
   root: string,
   packageName: string,
 ): string {
-  return path.dirname(
-    require.resolve(path.join(packageName, 'package.json'), {
-      paths: [root],
-    }),
-  );
+  const packageDependencyDirectory = findPackageDependencyDir(packageName, {
+    startDir: root,
+  });
+  if (packageDependencyDirectory === undefined) {
+    throw new CLIError(
+      `Node module directory for package ${packageName} was not found`,
+    );
+  } else {
+    return packageDependencyDirectory;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c09bd875c..d87c113aa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@
     "@types/node" "*"
     form-data "^3.0.0"
 
-"@types/node@*", "@types/node@^12.0.0", "@types/node@^17.0.35":
+"@types/node@*", "@types/node@^12.0.0":
   version "12.20.47"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-12.20.47.tgz#ca9237d51f2a2557419688511dab1c8daf475188"
   integrity sha512-BzcaRsnFuznzOItW1WpQrDHM7plAa7GIDMZ6b5pnMbkqEtM/6WCOhvZar39oeMQP79gwvFUWjjptE7/KGcNqFg==
@@ -5644,6 +5644,14 @@ find-up@^4.0.0, find-up@^4.1.0:
     locate-path "^5.0.0"
     path-exists "^4.0.0"
 
+find-up@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-up/-/find-up-5.0.0.tgz#4c92819ecb7083561e4f4a240a86be5198f536fc"
+  integrity sha512-78/PXT1wlLLDgTzDs7sjq9hzz0vXD+zn+7wypEe4fXQxCmdmqfGsEPQxmiCSQI3ajFV91bVSsvNtrJRiW6nGng==
+  dependencies:
+    locate-path "^6.0.0"
+    path-exists "^4.0.0"
+
 flat-cache@^3.0.4:
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/flat-cache/-/flat-cache-3.0.4.tgz#61b0338302b2fe9f957dcc32fc2a87f1c3048b11"
@@ -7856,6 +7864,13 @@ locate-path@^5.0.0:
   dependencies:
     p-locate "^4.1.0"
 
+locate-path@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/locate-path/-/locate-path-6.0.0.tgz#55321eb309febbc59c4801d931a72452a681d286"
+  integrity sha512-iPZK6eYjbxRu3uB4/WZ3EsEIMJFMqAoopl3R+zuq0UjcAm/MO6KCweDgPfP3elTztoKP3KtnVHxTn2NHBSDVUw==
+  dependencies:
+    p-locate "^5.0.0"
+
 lodash._reinterpolate@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._reinterpolate/-/lodash._reinterpolate-3.0.0.tgz#0ccf2d89166af03b3663c796538b75ac6e114d9d"
@@ -9213,6 +9228,13 @@ p-limit@^2.0.0, p-limit@^2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     p-try "^2.0.0"
 
+p-limit@^3.0.2:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-limit/-/p-limit-3.1.0.tgz#e1daccbe78d0d1388ca18c64fea38e3e57e3706b"
+  integrity sha512-TYOanM3wGwNGsZN2cVTYPArw454xnXj5qmWF1bEoAc4+cU/ol7GVh7odevjp1FNHduHc3KZMcFduxU5Xc6uJRQ==
+  dependencies:
+    yocto-queue "^0.1.0"
+
 p-locate@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-locate/-/p-locate-2.0.0.tgz#20a0103b222a70c8fd39cc2e580680f3dde5ec43"
@@ -9234,6 +9256,13 @@ p-locate@^4.1.0:
   dependencies:
     p-limit "^2.2.0"
 
+p-locate@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-locate/-/p-locate-5.0.0.tgz#83c8315c6785005e3bd021839411c9e110e6d834"
+  integrity sha512-LaNjtRWUBY++zB5nE/NwcaoMylSPk+S+ZHNB1TzdbMJMny6dynpAGt7X/tl/QYq3TIeE6nxHppbo2LGymrG5Pw==
+  dependencies:
+    p-limit "^3.0.2"
+
 p-map-series@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-map-series/-/p-map-series-2.1.0.tgz#7560d4c452d9da0c07e692fdbfe6e2c81a2a91f2"
@@ -12528,3 +12557,8 @@ yargs@^16.2.0:
     string-width "^4.2.0"
     y18n "^5.0.5"
     yargs-parser "^20.2.2"
+
+yocto-queue@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-0.1.0.tgz#0294eb3dee05028d31ee1a5fa2c556a6aaf10a1b"
+  integrity sha512-rVksvsnNCdJ/ohGc6xgPwyN8eheCxsiLM8mxuE/t/mOVqJewPuO1miLpTHQiRgTKCLexL4MeAFVagts7HmNZ2Q==