diff --git a/packages/toolkit/utils/src/cli/is/project.ts b/packages/toolkit/utils/src/cli/is/project.ts
index 00d281df5665..959c0470dc3b 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/utils/src/cli/is/project.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/utils/src/cli/is/project.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const isBeyondReact17 = (cwd: string) => {
   return semver.satisfies(semver.minVersion(deps.react)!, '>=17.0.0');
 };
 
-export const isReact18 = (cwd: string) => {
+export const isReact18 = (cwd: string = process.cwd()) => {
   const pkgPath = path.join(cwd, 'package.json');
 
   if (!fs.existsSync(pkgPath)) {