diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocatorTests.cs b/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocatorTests.cs
index 1074bc07d7..89393ec5cb 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocatorTests.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocatorTests.cs
@@ -154,19 +154,39 @@ public void DoNotThrowWhenWorkingAndRepoPathsAreSame_WithDifferentCasing()
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void DoNotThrowWhenFileNameAreSame_WithDifferentCasing()
+        public void ReturnConfigurationFilePathIfCustomConfigurationIsSet()
         {
             this.workingPath = this.repoPath;
+            string configurationFilePath = Path.Combine(this.workingPath, "Configuration", "CustomConfig.yaml");
 
-            this.gitVersionOptions = new() { ConfigurationInfo = { ConfigurationFile = "MyConfig.yaml" } };
+            this.gitVersionOptions = new() { ConfigurationInfo = { ConfigurationFile = configurationFilePath } };
+
+            var serviceProvider = GetServiceProvider(this.gitVersionOptions);
+            this.fileSystem = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IFileSystem>();
+
+            using var _ = this.fileSystem.SetupConfigFile(
+                path: Path.Combine(this.workingPath, "Configuration"), fileName: "CustomConfig.yaml"
+            );
+            this.configFileLocator = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IConfigurationFileLocator>();
+
+            var config = this.configFileLocator.GetConfigurationFile(this.workingPath);
+            config.ShouldBe(configurationFilePath);
+        }
+
+        [TestCase(null)]
+        [TestCase("")]
+        [TestCase(" ")]
+        [TestCase("Configuration/CustomConfig2.yaml")]
+        public void ReturnConfigurationFilePathIfCustomConfigurationIsSet_InvalidConfigurationFilePaths(string? configFile)
+        {
+            this.workingPath = this.repoPath;
+
+            this.gitVersionOptions = new() { ConfigurationInfo = { ConfigurationFile = configFile } };
             var sp = GetServiceProvider(this.gitVersionOptions);
             this.configFileLocator = sp.GetRequiredService<IConfigurationFileLocator>();
-            this.fileSystem = sp.GetRequiredService<IFileSystem>();
-
-            using var _ = this.fileSystem.SetupConfigFile(path: this.workingPath, fileName: ConfigFile.ToLower());
 
-            var config = Should.NotThrow(() => this.configFileLocator.GetConfigurationFile(this.workingPath));
-            config.ShouldNotBe(null);
+            var config = this.configFileLocator.GetConfigurationFile(this.workingPath);
+            config.ShouldBe(null);
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocator.cs b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocator.cs
index c2a3ecbafa..1cdddbb560 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocator.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Configuration/ConfigurationFileLocator.cs
@@ -38,32 +38,48 @@ public void Verify(string? workingDirectory, string? projectRootDirectory)
         WarnAboutAmbiguousConfigFileSelection(workingDirectory, projectRootDirectory);
     }
 
-    public string? GetConfigurationFile(string? directory)
+    public string? GetConfigurationFile(string? directoryPath)
     {
-        if (directory is null) return null;
+        string? customConfigurationFile = GetCustomConfigurationFilePathIfEligable(directoryPath);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(customConfigurationFile))
+        {
+            return customConfigurationFile;
+        }
 
-        string[] candidates = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.ConfigurationFile)
-            ? [this.ConfigurationFile, .. this.SupportedConfigFileNames]
-            : this.SupportedConfigFileNames;
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directoryPath) || !fileSystem.Directory.Exists(directoryPath))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-        foreach (var fileName in candidates)
+        string[] files = fileSystem.Directory.GetFiles(directoryPath);
+        foreach (var fileName in this.SupportedConfigFileNames)
         {
-            this.log.Debug($"Trying to find configuration file {fileName} at '{directory}'");
-            if (directory != null && fileSystem.Directory.Exists(directory))
+            this.log.Debug($"Trying to find configuration file {fileName} at '{directoryPath}'");
+            string? matchingFile = files.FirstOrDefault(file => string.Equals(PathHelper.GetFileName(file), fileName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            if (matchingFile != null)
             {
-                var files = fileSystem.Directory.GetFiles(directory);
+                this.log.Info($"Found configuration file at '{matchingFile}'");
+                return matchingFile;
+            }
+        }
 
-                var matchingFile = files.FirstOrDefault(file =>
-                    string.Equals(fileSystem.Path.GetFileName(file), fileName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        return null;
+    }
 
-                if (matchingFile != null)
-                {
-                    this.log.Info($"Found configuration file at '{matchingFile}'");
-                    return matchingFile;
-                }
+    private string? GetCustomConfigurationFilePathIfEligable(string? directoryPath)
+    {
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.ConfigurationFile))
+        {
+            string configurationFilePath = this.ConfigurationFile;
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directoryPath))
+            {
+                configurationFilePath = Path.Combine(directoryPath, this.ConfigurationFile);
             }
 
-            this.log.Debug($"Configuration file {fileName} not found at '{directory}'");
+            if (fileSystem.File.Exists(configurationFilePath))
+            {
+                return configurationFilePath;
+            }
         }
 
         return null;
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IConfigurationFileLocator.cs b/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IConfigurationFileLocator.cs
index 2ab64908cd..24ff54d935 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IConfigurationFileLocator.cs
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/Configuration/IConfigurationFileLocator.cs
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ namespace GitVersion.Configuration;
 public interface IConfigurationFileLocator
 {
     void Verify(string? workingDirectory, string? projectRootDirectory);
-    string? GetConfigurationFile(string? directory);
+    string? GetConfigurationFile(string? directoryPath);
 }
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.Core/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt b/src/GitVersion.Core/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt
index a2138c8c06..6b0a485718 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.Core/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt
+++ b/src/GitVersion.Core/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationBuilder
 GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationBuilder.AddOverride(System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary<object!, object?>! value) -> void
 GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationBuilder.Build() -> GitVersion.Configuration.IGitVersionConfiguration!
 GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationFileLocator
-GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationFileLocator.GetConfigurationFile(string? directory) -> string?
+GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationFileLocator.GetConfigurationFile(string? directoryPath) -> string?
 GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationFileLocator.Verify(string? workingDirectory, string? projectRootDirectory) -> void
 GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationProvider
 GitVersion.Configuration.IConfigurationProvider.Provide(System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary<object!, object?>? overrideConfiguration = null) -> GitVersion.Configuration.IGitVersionConfiguration!