diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8121d4e3945..d9df85a9751 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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+      "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=8"
       }
@@ -11122,7 +11080,7 @@
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         "@puppeteer/browsers": "1.9.1",
-        "cosmiconfig": "8.3.6",
+        "cosmiconfig": "9.0.0",
         "puppeteer-core": "21.7.0"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -11169,6 +11127,48 @@
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       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "packages/puppeteer/node_modules/cosmiconfig": {
+      "version": "9.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cosmiconfig/-/cosmiconfig-9.0.0.tgz",
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+        "import-fresh": "^3.3.0",
+        "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
+        "parse-json": "^5.2.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/d-fischer"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "typescript": ">=4.9.5"
+      },
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+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "packages/puppeteer/node_modules/parse-json": {
+      "version": "5.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parse-json/-/parse-json-5.2.0.tgz",
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+        "error-ex": "^1.3.1",
+        "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.0",
+        "lines-and-columns": "^1.1.6"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
     "packages/testserver": {
       "name": "@pptr/testserver",
       "version": "0.6.0",
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer/package.json b/packages/puppeteer/package.json
index f3100a97d20..d26332fe264 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer/package.json
+++ b/packages/puppeteer/package.json
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   "author": "The Chromium Authors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "cosmiconfig": "8.3.6",
+    "cosmiconfig": "9.0.0",
     "puppeteer-core": "21.7.0",
     "@puppeteer/browsers": "1.9.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer/src/getConfiguration.ts b/packages/puppeteer/src/getConfiguration.ts
index 709fe5741ba..5f2085d8b38 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer/src/getConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/puppeteer/src/getConfiguration.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ function isSupportedProduct(product: unknown): product is Product {
  * @internal
  */
 export const getConfiguration = (): Configuration => {
-  const result = cosmiconfigSync('puppeteer').search();
+  const result = cosmiconfigSync('puppeteer', {
+    searchStrategy: 'global',
+  }).search();
   const configuration: Configuration = result ? result.config : {};
 
   configuration.logLevel = (process.env['PUPPETEER_LOGLEVEL'] ??