diff --git a/src/PackageUpdate/FileSystem.cs b/src/PackageUpdate/FileSystem.cs
index 934a05c..d0c37c3 100644
--- a/src/PackageUpdate/FileSystem.cs
+++ b/src/PackageUpdate/FileSystem.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 static class FileSystem
 {
+    public static string? FindPropsFile(string startDirectory, string stopDirectory)
+    {
+        var stop = Path.TrimEndingDirectorySeparator(Path.GetFullPath(stopDirectory));
+        for (var current = new DirectoryInfo(startDirectory); current is not null; current = current.Parent)
+        {
+            var candidate = Path.Combine(current.FullName, "Directory.Packages.props");
+            if (File.Exists(candidate))
+            {
+                return candidate;
+            }
+
+            if (string.Equals(current.FullName, stop, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public static IEnumerable<string> FindSolutions(string directory)
     {
         foreach (var solution in EnumerateFiles(directory, "*.sln"))
@@ -61,4 +81,4 @@ static IEnumerable<string> GetDirectories(string directory)
             return [];
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/PackageUpdate/Program.cs b/src/PackageUpdate/Program.cs
index 3feb635..bee347d 100644
--- a/src/PackageUpdate/Program.cs
+++ b/src/PackageUpdate/Program.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static async Task Inner(string directory, string? package, bool build)
             continue;
         }
 
-        await TryProcessSolution(cache, solution, package, build);
+        await TryProcessSolution(cache, solution, package, build, directory);
     }
 
     // Tool manifests are scanned independently of solutions, since `.config/dotnet-tools.json`
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ static async Task Inner(string directory, string? package, bool build)
     Log.Information("Completed in {Elapsed}", Formatter.FormatElapsed(totalStopwatch.Elapsed));
 }
 
-static async Task TryProcessSolution(SourceCacheContext cache, string solution, string? package, bool build)
+static async Task TryProcessSolution(SourceCacheContext cache, string solution, string? package, bool build, string targetDirectory)
 {
     try
     {
-        await ProcessSolution(cache, solution, package, build);
+        await ProcessSolution(cache, solution, package, build, targetDirectory);
     }
     catch (Exception e)
     {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static async Task ProcessToolManifest(SourceCacheContext cache, string manifest,
     Log.Information("    Updated in {Elapsed}", Formatter.FormatElapsed(stopwatch.Elapsed));
 }
 
-static async Task ProcessSolution(SourceCacheContext cache, string solution, string? package, bool build)
+static async Task ProcessSolution(SourceCacheContext cache, string solution, string? package, bool build, string targetDirectory)
 {
     if (Excluder.ShouldExclude(solution))
     {
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ static async Task ProcessSolution(SourceCacheContext cache, string solution, str
 
     var solutionDirectory = Directory.GetParent(solution)!.FullName;
 
-    var props = Path.Combine(solutionDirectory, "Directory.Packages.props");
-    if (!File.Exists(props))
+    var propsLocation = FileSystem.FindPropsFile(solutionDirectory, targetDirectory);
+    if (propsLocation is null)
     {
         Log.Error("    Only central packages supported. Skipping: {Solution}", solution);
         return;
     }
 
     var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-    await Updater.Update(cache, props, package);
+    await Updater.Update(cache, propsLocation, package);
     Log.Information("    Updated in {Elapsed}", Formatter.FormatElapsed(stopwatch.Elapsed));
 
     if (build)
@@ -131,4 +131,3 @@ static async Task ProcessSolution(SourceCacheContext cache, string solution, str
         await DotnetStarter.Build(solution);
     }
 }
-