diff --git a/.changeset/cli-common-cached-paths.md b/.changeset/cli-common-cached-paths.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27a683e35a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cli-common-cached-paths.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli-common': patch
+---
+
+Added hierarchical caching to `findOwnDir`, avoiding redundant filesystem walks when `findPaths` is called from multiple locations within the same package.
diff --git a/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts b/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts
index 5da2d596a4..51f7863b99 100644
--- a/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-common/src/paths.ts
@@ -84,15 +84,45 @@ export function findRootPath(
   );
 }
 
+// Hierarchical cache for ownDir lookups. When we resolve a searchDir to its
+// package root, we also cache every intermediate directory along the way. This
+// means sibling directories only need to walk up until they hit a cached ancestor.
+const ownDirCache = new Map<string, string>();
+
 // Finds the root of a given package
 export function findOwnDir(searchDir: string) {
-  const path = findRootPath(searchDir, () => true);
-  if (!path) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `No package.json found while searching for package root of ${searchDir}`,
-    );
+  const visited: string[] = [];
+  let dir = searchDir;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+    const cached = ownDirCache.get(dir);
+    if (cached !== undefined) {
+      for (const d of visited) {
+        ownDirCache.set(d, cached);
+      }
+      return cached;
+    }
+
+    visited.push(dir);
+
+    const packagePath = resolvePath(dir, 'package.json');
+    if (fs.existsSync(packagePath)) {
+      for (const d of visited) {
+        ownDirCache.set(d, dir);
+      }
+      return dir;
+    }
+
+    const newDir = dirname(dir);
+    if (newDir === dir) {
+      break;
+    }
+    dir = newDir;
   }
-  return path;
+
+  throw new Error(
+    `No package.json found while searching for package root of ${searchDir}`,
+  );
 }
 
 // Finds the root of the monorepo that the package exists in. Only accessible when running inside Backstage repo.
@@ -110,6 +140,12 @@ export function findOwnRootDir(ownDir: string) {
 /**
  * Find paths related to a package and its execution context.
  *
+ * This function is cheap to call repeatedly. The package root lookup is cached
+ * hierarchically, so calls from different subdirectories within the same package
+ * only walk the filesystem once. Prefer calling this eagerly at module scope
+ * rather than sharing a single instance across modules — this keeps modules
+ * independent and works correctly when they are split into separate packages.
+ *
  * @public
  * @example
  *
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/build/command.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/build/command.ts
index bf4c5a46f8..8d2a295dbb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/build/command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/build/command.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ import {
   PackageGraph,
   PackageRoles,
 } from '@backstage/cli-node';
-import { paths } from '../../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { buildFrontend } from '../../../lib/buildFrontend';
 import { buildBackend } from '../../../lib/buildBackend';
 import { isValidUrl } from '../../../lib/urls';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/command.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/command.ts
index 5fefb8c03f..3e34ff3bc8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/command.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/command.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { startPackage } from './startPackage';
 import { resolveLinkedWorkspace } from './resolveLinkedWorkspace';
 import { findRoleFromCommand } from '../../../lib/role';
-import { paths } from '../../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export async function command(opts: OptionValues): Promise<void> {
   await startPackage({
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startBackend.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startBackend.ts
index 4b87f0e02a..9ae2880160 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startBackend.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startBackend.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { runBackend } from '../../../lib/runner';
 
 interface StartBackendOptions {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startFrontend.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startFrontend.ts
index d55681ea07..b865cea5f4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startFrontend.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/package/start/startFrontend.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import {
   getModuleFederationRemoteOptions,
   serveBundle,
 } from '../../../../build/lib/bundler';
-import { paths } from '../../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { BackstagePackageJson } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { hasReactDomClient } from '../../../../build/lib/bundler/hasReactDomClient';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/build.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/build.ts
index c8568be06a..a9a0d51fb9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/build.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/build.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { Command, OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
 import { buildPackages, getOutputsForRole } from '../../lib/builder';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import {
   BackstagePackage,
   PackageGraph,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.test.ts
index b1cc9faefd..f4a9d2e7eb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 import { PackageGraph } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { findTargetPackages } from './start';
 import { posix } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 const mocks = {
   app: {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.ts
index e02dfdc6a3..46dd95dd3f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/commands/repo/start.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import {
   PackageRole,
 } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { resolveLinkedWorkspace } from '../package/start/resolveLinkedWorkspace';
 import { startPackage } from '../package/start/startPackage';
 import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/config.ts
index 54d33719e0..6efb306939 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/config.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ import {
 
 import { forwardFileImports, cssEntryPoints } from './plugins';
 import { BuildOptions, Output } from './types';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { BackstagePackageJson } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { readEntryPoints } from '../entryPoints';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/packager.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/packager.ts
index 16a6ecb828..00b3f93b76 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/packager.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/builder/packager.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { rollup, RollupOptions } from 'rollup';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { relative as relativePath, resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { makeRollupConfigs } from './config';
 import { BuildOptions, Output } from './types';
 import { PackageRoles, runConcurrentTasks } from '@backstage/cli-node';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/config.ts
index d65fd815c8..ae180ff2bf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/config.ts
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ import { TsCheckerRspackPlugin } from 'ts-checker-rspack-plugin';
 import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
 import ModuleScopePlugin from 'react-dev-utils/ModuleScopePlugin';
 import { ModuleFederationPlugin } from '@module-federation/enhanced/rspack';
-import { paths as cliPaths } from '../../paths';
+
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { optimization as optimizationConfig } from './optimization';
 import pickBy from 'lodash/pickBy';
-import { runOutput } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+import { runOutput, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const cliPaths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { transforms } from './transforms';
 import { version } from '../../../../lib/version';
 import yn from 'yn';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/hasReactDomClient.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/hasReactDomClient.ts
index 5e3f4aac49..961d161ced 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/hasReactDomClient.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/hasReactDomClient.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export function hasReactDomClient() {
   try {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/linkWorkspaces.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/linkWorkspaces.ts
index cb3edca684..c9b3e9c0f0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/linkWorkspaces.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/linkWorkspaces.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
 import { getPackages } from '@manypkg/get-packages';
 import { rspack } from '@rspack/core';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 /**
  * This returns of collection of plugins that links a separate workspace into
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts
index 48702fcbd9..1c1eef33e4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import chokidar from 'chokidar';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import PQueue from 'p-queue';
 import { dirname, join as joinPath, resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
-import { paths as cliPaths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const cliPaths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 const DETECTED_MODULES_MODULE_NAME = '__backstage-autodetected-plugins__';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/paths.ts
index f7fb6ecdc2..9b0c7eaa3a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/paths.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export type BundlingPathsOptions = {
   // bundle entrypoint, e.g. 'src/index'
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/server.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/server.ts
index eadbd1b208..3ec20b3e54 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/server.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/bundler/server.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import openBrowser from 'react-dev-utils/openBrowser';
 import { rspack } from '@rspack/core';
 import { RspackDevServer } from '@rspack/dev-server';
 
-import { paths as libPaths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const libPaths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { loadCliConfig } from '../../../config/lib/config';
 import { createConfig, resolveBaseUrl, resolveEndpoint } from './config';
 import { createDetectedModulesEntryPoint } from './packageDetection';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/packager/createDistWorkspace.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/packager/createDistWorkspace.ts
index ca71e0f332..61beba8b0b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/packager/createDistWorkspace.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/packager/createDistWorkspace.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ import {
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import * as tar from 'tar';
 import partition from 'lodash/partition';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
-import { run } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+import { run, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import {
   dependencies as cliDependencies,
   devDependencies as cliDevDependencies,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.test.ts
index ba59dcd8c0..a418b42232 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.test.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ import { findRoleFromCommand } from './role';
 
 const mockDir = createMockDirectory();
 
-jest.mock('../paths', () => ({
-  paths: {
+jest.mock('@backstage/cli-common', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@backstage/cli-common'),
+  findPaths: () => ({
     resolveTarget(filename: string) {
       return mockDir.resolve(filename);
     },
-  },
+  }),
 }));
 
 describe('findRoleFromCommand', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.ts
index 9dc3b55762..b8de6e5079 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/role.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
-import { paths } from '../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { PackageRoles, PackageRole } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 
 export async function findRoleFromCommand(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/runner/runBackend.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/runner/runBackend.ts
index 511fdd84bb..dea59999be 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/runner/runBackend.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/lib/runner/runBackend.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import { IpcServer, ServerDataStore } from '../ipc';
 import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { isAbsolute as isAbsolutePath } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import spawn from 'cross-spawn';
 
 const loaderArgs = [
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/build/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/build/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/config/lib/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/config/lib/config.ts
index a8d749f4d1..0a20cf4705 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/config/lib/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/config/lib/config.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import { ConfigSources, loadConfigSchema } from '@backstage/config-loader';
 import { AppConfig, ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
-import { paths } from '../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { getPackages } from '@manypkg/get-packages';
 import { PackageGraph } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/config/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/config/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/config/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/create-github-app/commands/create-github-app/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/create-github-app/commands/create-github-app/index.ts
index e22d14bd6d..d5deab03f5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/create-github-app/commands/create-github-app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/create-github-app/commands/create-github-app/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { stringify as stringifyYaml } from 'yaml';
 import inquirer, { Question, Answers } from 'inquirer';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { GithubCreateAppServer } from './GithubCreateAppServer';
 import openBrowser from 'react-dev-utils/openBrowser';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/create-github-app/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/create-github-app/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/create-github-app/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/info/commands/info.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/info/commands/info.ts
index d76c8cfc4b..3229f5f3ae 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/info/commands/info.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/info/commands/info.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 import { version as cliVersion } from '../../../../package.json';
 import os from 'node:os';
-import { runOutput } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-import { paths } from '../paths';
+import { runOutput, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
+
 import { Lockfile } from '../../../lib/versioning';
 import { BackstagePackageJson, PackageGraph } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { minimatch } from 'minimatch';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/info/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/info/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/info/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/package/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/package/lint.ts
index 58fa646e48..66e29e8c1f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/package/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/package/lint.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { ESLint } from 'eslint';
 
 export default async (directories: string[], opts: OptionValues) => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
index c3537ab254..978119ba73 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/commands/repo/lint.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import {
   Lockfile,
   runWorkerQueueThreads,
 } from '@backstage/cli-node';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { createScriptOptionsParser } from '../../../../lib/optionsParser';
 import { SuccessCache } from '../../../../lib/cache/SuccessCache';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/lint/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/clean.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/clean.ts
index 0a2d11bc14..333ab588c2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/clean.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/clean.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
  */
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export default async function clean() {
   await fs.remove(paths.resolveTarget('dist'));
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/pack.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/pack.ts
index 4c1d475703..a4769df785 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/pack.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/package/pack.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import {
   productionPack,
   revertProductionPack,
 } from '../../../../modules/build/lib/packager/productionPack';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { publishPreflightCheck } from '../../lib/publishing';
 import { createTypeDistProject } from '../../../../lib/typeDistProject';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/clean.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/clean.ts
index fc1aabd1b7..5bebbfd4d8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/clean.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/clean.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
 import { PackageGraph } from '@backstage/cli-node';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
-import { run } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+import { run, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export async function command(): Promise<void> {
   const packages = await PackageGraph.listTargetPackages();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/fix.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/fix.ts
index 4e718a8c9c..f2d52e2f99 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/fix.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/fix.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import {
   relative as relativePath,
   extname,
 } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { publishPreflightCheck } from '../../lib/publishing';
 
 const SCRIPT_EXTS = ['.js', '.jsx', '.ts', '.tsx', '.json'];
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/list-deprecations.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/list-deprecations.ts
index 37bef58db6..0e646c948b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/list-deprecations.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/commands/repo/list-deprecations.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ import { ESLint } from 'eslint';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
 import { PackageGraph } from '@backstage/cli-node';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export async function command(opts: OptionValues) {
   const packages = await PackageGraph.listTargetPackages();
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/maintenance/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/packageRole.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/packageRole.ts
index 34c20dd6bb..cc3e1bce69 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/packageRole.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/packageRole.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
 import { getPackages } from '@manypkg/get-packages';
 import { PackageRoles } from '@backstage/cli-node';
-import { paths } from '../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export default async () => {
   const { packages } = await getPackages(paths.targetDir);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
index 5ca151f162..8a12683abc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/commands/versions/bump.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { BACKSTAGE_JSON, bootstrapEnvProxyAgents } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+import { BACKSTAGE_JSON, bootstrapEnvProxyAgents, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 bootstrapEnvProxyAgents();
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ import semver from 'semver';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { isError, NotFoundError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+
 import { getHasYarnPlugin } from '../../../../lib/yarnPlugin';
 import {
   fetchPackageInfo,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/migrate/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/codeowners/codeowners.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/codeowners/codeowners.ts
index dd03320498..685363bdd3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/codeowners/codeowners.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/codeowners/codeowners.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 const TEAM_ID_RE = /^@[-\w]+\/[-\w]+$/;
 const USER_ID_RE = /^@[-\w]+$/;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
index 3662bb13fc..084c9d2d33 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/PortableTemplater.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ import upperCase from 'lodash/upperCase';
 import upperFirst from 'lodash/upperFirst';
 import lowerFirst from 'lodash/lowerFirst';
 import { Lockfile } from '../../../../lib/versioning';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { createPackageVersionProvider } from '../../../../lib/version';
 import { getHasYarnPlugin } from '../../../../lib/yarnPlugin';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/installNewPackage.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/installNewPackage.ts
index fb4a7318c2..7281689ff5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/installNewPackage.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/installNewPackage.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import upperFirst from 'lodash/upperFirst';
 import camelCase from 'lodash/camelCase';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { Task } from '../tasks';
 import { PortableTemplateInput } from '../types';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.test.ts
index 7e0e81f137..2a4cb8a8c5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
 import { writeTemplateContents } from './writeTemplateContents';
 import { createMockDirectory } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 const baseConfig = {
   version: '0.1.0',
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts
index c473632560..99e6a1931f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { dirname, resolve as resolvePath } from 'node:path';
 
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+
 import { PortableTemplate, PortableTemplateInput } from '../types';
 import { ForwardedError, InputError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { isMonoRepo as getIsMonoRepo } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 import { PortableTemplater } from './PortableTemplater';
-import { isChildPath } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+import { isChildPath, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 export async function writeTemplateContents(
   template: PortableTemplate,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts
index 913e37b88c..7a6046f927 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/collectPortableTemplateInput.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import inquirer, { DistinctQuestion } from 'inquirer';
 import { getCodeownersFilePath, parseOwnerIds } from '../codeowners';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import {
   PortableTemplateConfig,
   PortableTemplateInput,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts
index d3231cd617..8b77296249 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplate.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import recursiveReaddir from 'recursive-readdir';
 import { resolve as resolvePath, relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
 import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 import { parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import {
   PortableTemplateFile,
   PortableTemplatePointer,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts
index 83b9e387d9..61e04a20a5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/lib/preparation/loadPortableTemplateConfig.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { resolve as resolvePath, dirname, isAbsolute } from 'node:path';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
+import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { defaultTemplates } from '../defaultTemplates';
 import {
   PortableTemplateConfig,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/new/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/new/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/package/test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/package/test.ts
index fa804db20e..e425af4962 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/package/test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/package/test.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
  */
 
 import { Command, OptionValues } from 'commander';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
-import { runCheck } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+import { runCheck, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 function includesAnyOf(hayStack: string[], ...needles: string[]) {
   for (const needle of needles) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
index 6b2ee2b04d..717f15e788 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/commands/repo/test.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ import { run as runJest, yargsOptions as jestYargsOptions } from 'jest-cli';
 import { relative as relativePath } from 'node:path';
 import { Command, OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import { Lockfile, PackageGraph } from '@backstage/cli-node';
-import { paths } from '../../paths';
-import { runCheck, runOutput } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+import { runCheck, runOutput, findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
+const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 import { isChildPath } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 import { SuccessCache } from '../../../../lib/cache/SuccessCache';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/test/paths.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c658c27b3..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/test/paths.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
-
-/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
-export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);