diff --git a/code/builders/builder-vite/package.json b/code/builders/builder-vite/package.json
index 3734a141fd02..8f8cde6d5dd8 100644
--- a/code/builders/builder-vite/package.json
+++ b/code/builders/builder-vite/package.json
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@
     "@storybook/preview": "7.1.0-alpha.32",
     "@storybook/preview-api": "7.1.0-alpha.32",
     "@storybook/types": "7.1.0-alpha.32",
+    "@types/find-cache-dir": "^3.2.1",
     "browser-assert": "^1.2.1",
     "es-module-lexer": "^0.9.3",
     "express": "^4.17.3",
+    "find-cache-dir": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
     "magic-string": "^0.30.0",
     "remark-external-links": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/code/builders/builder-vite/src/plugins/external-globals-plugin.ts b/code/builders/builder-vite/src/plugins/external-globals-plugin.ts
index fe5efe1bce4a..dd53ab4a4e56 100644
--- a/code/builders/builder-vite/src/plugins/external-globals-plugin.ts
+++ b/code/builders/builder-vite/src/plugins/external-globals-plugin.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { join } from 'node:path';
+import findCacheDirectory from 'find-cache-dir';
 import { init, parse } from 'es-module-lexer';
 import MagicString from 'magic-string';
-import { emptyDir, ensureDir, ensureFile, writeFile } from 'fs-extra';
+import { ensureFile, writeFile } from 'fs-extra';
 import { mergeAlias } from 'vite';
 import type { Alias, Plugin } from 'vite';
 
@@ -47,9 +48,10 @@ export async function externalGlobalsPlugin(externals: Record<string, string>) {
       }
       const newAlias = mergeAlias([], config.resolve?.alias) as Alias[];
 
-      const cachePath = join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', '.cache', 'vite-plugin-externals');
-      await ensureDir(cachePath);
-      await emptyDir(cachePath);
+      const cachePath = findCacheDirectory({
+        name: 'sb-vite-plugin-externals',
+        create: true,
+      }) as string;
       await Promise.all(
         (Object.keys(externals) as Array<keyof typeof externals>).map(async (externalKey) => {
           const externalCachePath = join(cachePath, `${externalKey}.js`);
diff --git a/code/builders/builder-vite/src/vite-config.ts b/code/builders/builder-vite/src/vite-config.ts
index e9ce254809b3..c7b363622bcc 100644
--- a/code/builders/builder-vite/src/vite-config.ts
+++ b/code/builders/builder-vite/src/vite-config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { loadConfigFromFile, mergeConfig } from 'vite';
+import findCacheDirectory from 'find-cache-dir';
 import type {
   ConfigEnv,
   InlineConfig as ViteInlineConfig,
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ export async function commonConfig(
 
   const sbConfig: InlineConfig = {
     configFile: false,
-    cacheDir: 'node_modules/.cache/.vite-storybook',
+    cacheDir: findCacheDirectory({ name: 'sb-vite' }),
     root: path.resolve(options.configDir, '..'),
     // Allow storybook deployed as subfolder.  See https://github.com/storybookjs/builder-vite/issues/238
     base: './',
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/package.json b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
index 1eb3923b3320..2f30c24dfd27 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/package.json
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@storybook/node-logger": "7.1.0-alpha.32",
     "@storybook/types": "7.1.0-alpha.32",
+    "@types/find-cache-dir": "^3.2.1",
     "@types/node": "^16.0.0",
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": "^1.0.0",
     "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.18.0",
     "esbuild-register": "^3.4.0",
     "file-system-cache": "^2.0.0",
+    "find-cache-dir": "^3.0.0",
     "find-up": "^5.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
     "glob": "^10.0.0",
diff --git a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/resolve-path-in-sb-cache.ts b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/resolve-path-in-sb-cache.ts
index 7157abdc0257..de88c2e2c00b 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/resolve-path-in-sb-cache.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-common/src/utils/resolve-path-in-sb-cache.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'path';
-import pkgDir from 'pkg-dir';
+import findCacheDirectory from 'find-cache-dir';
 
 /**
  * Get the path of the file or directory with input name inside the Storybook cache directory:
@@ -10,16 +10,8 @@ import pkgDir from 'pkg-dir';
  * @return {string} Absolute path to the file or directory
  */
 export function resolvePathInStorybookCache(fileOrDirectoryName: string): string {
-  const cwd = process.cwd();
-  const projectDir = pkgDir.sync(cwd);
-
-  let cacheDirectory;
-
-  if (!projectDir) {
-    cacheDirectory = path.resolve(cwd, '.cache/storybook');
-  } else {
-    cacheDirectory = path.resolve(projectDir, 'node_modules/.cache/storybook');
-  }
+  let cacheDirectory = findCacheDirectory({ name: 'storybook' });
+  cacheDirectory ||= path.join(process.cwd(), '.cache/storybook');
 
   return path.join(cacheDirectory, fileOrDirectoryName);
 }
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index cf0bdcbce2db..ee3b25e9bc84 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -5849,10 +5849,12 @@ __metadata:
     "@storybook/preview-api": 7.1.0-alpha.32
     "@storybook/types": 7.1.0-alpha.32
     "@types/express": ^4.17.13
+    "@types/find-cache-dir": ^3.2.1
     "@types/node": ^16.0.0
     browser-assert: ^1.2.1
     es-module-lexer: ^0.9.3
     express: ^4.17.3
+    find-cache-dir: ^3.0.0
     fs-extra: ^11.1.0
     glob: ^10.0.0
     magic-string: ^0.30.0
@@ -6164,6 +6166,7 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@storybook/node-logger": 7.1.0-alpha.32
     "@storybook/types": 7.1.0-alpha.32
+    "@types/find-cache-dir": ^3.2.1
     "@types/mock-fs": ^4.13.1
     "@types/node": ^16.0.0
     "@types/picomatch": ^2.3.0
@@ -6172,6 +6175,7 @@ __metadata:
     esbuild: ^0.18.0
     esbuild-register: ^3.4.0
     file-system-cache: ^2.0.0
+    find-cache-dir: ^3.0.0
     find-up: ^5.0.0
     fs-extra: ^11.1.0
     glob: ^10.0.0