diff --git a/.changeset/open-bikes-behave.md b/.changeset/open-bikes-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c590620
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/open-bikes-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/action": patch
+---
+
+use cwd param
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
index eecbc210..81ad8333 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release_check:
-    if: github.repository == 'changesets/action' && github.event.issue.pull_request && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/release-pr')
+    if: github.repository == 'Sovereign-Labs/changesets-action' && github.event.issue.pull_request && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/release-pr')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - id: report_in_progress
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       in_progress_reaction_id: ${{ steps.report_in_progress.outputs.in_progress_reaction_id }}
 
   release:
-    if: github.repository == 'changesets/action'
+    if: github.repository == 'Sovereign-Labs/changesets-action'
     timeout-minutes: 20
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: release_check
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [release_check, release]
     timeout-minutes: 2
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: failure() && github.repository == 'changesets/action' && (needs.release_check.result == 'failure' || needs.release.result == 'failure')
+    if: failure() && github.repository == 'Sovereign-Labs/changesets-action' && (needs.release_check.result == 'failure' || needs.release.result == 'failure')
     steps:
       - run: gh api /repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/comments/${{ github.event.comment.id }}/reactions -f content='-1'
         env:
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1b0f63ab..0b48ab3a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const getOptionalInput = (name: string) => core.getInput(name) || undefined;
     `machine github.com\nlogin github-actions[bot]\npassword ${githubToken}`
   );
 
-  let { changesets } = await readChangesetState();
+  let { changesets } = await readChangesetState(cwd);
 
   let publishScript = core.getInput("publish");
   let hasChangesets = changesets.length !== 0;
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const getOptionalInput = (name: string) => core.getInput(name) || undefined;
         git,
         octokit,
         prTitle: getOptionalInput("title"),
+        cwd,
         commitMessage: getOptionalInput("commit"),
         hasPublishScript,
         branch: getOptionalInput("branch"),