diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-ec20474f-348e-471b-b524-d59d85123ea5.json b/change/react-native-windows-ec20474f-348e-471b-b524-d59d85123ea5.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..556d14b7d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-ec20474f-348e-471b-b524-d59d85123ea5.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Fix `codegen-windows` being run from the wrong directory",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "4123478+tido64@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/vnext/PropertySheets/Codegen.props b/vnext/PropertySheets/Codegen.props
index 683b075c4c8..c1e88c15192 100644
--- a/vnext/PropertySheets/Codegen.props
+++ b/vnext/PropertySheets/Codegen.props
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- 
+<!--
   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- Licensed under the MIT License.. 
+  Licensed under the MIT License.
 -->
 <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <RunCodegenWindows Condition="'$(RunCodegenWindows)' == ''">true</RunCodegenWindows>
     <CodegenCommand Condition="'$(CodegenCommand)' == ''">npx react-native codegen-windows</CodegenCommand>
-    <CodegenCommandWorkingDir Condition="'$(CodegenCommandWorkingDir)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(ProjectDir), 'package.json'))</CodegenCommandWorkingDir>
+    <CodegenCommandWorkingDir Condition="'$(CodegenCommandWorkingDir)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove($(SolutionDir), 'package.json'))</CodegenCommandWorkingDir>
     <CodegenCommandArgs Condition="'$(CodegenCommandArgs)' == ''">--logging</CodegenCommandArgs>
   </PropertyGroup>