diff --git a/src/cache.js b/src/cache.js
index 7d953f3b..23ac0f85 100644
--- a/src/cache.js
+++ b/src/cache.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * @see https://github.com/babel/babel-loader/issues/34
  * @see https://github.com/babel/babel-loader/pull/41
  */
+const nodeModule = require("node:module");
 const os = require("os");
 const path = require("path");
 const zlib = require("zlib");
@@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ let defaultCacheDirectory = null;
 const gunzip = promisify(zlib.gunzip);
 const gzip = promisify(zlib.gzip);
 
+const findRootPackageJSON = () => {
+  if (nodeModule.findPackageJSON) {
+    return nodeModule.findPackageJSON("..", __filename);
+  } else {
+    // todo: remove this fallback when dropping support for Node.js < 22.14
+    return findUpSync("package.json");
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * Read the contents from the compressed file.
  *
@@ -136,7 +146,7 @@ const handleCache = async function (directory, params) {
       `discarded cache file '${file}' due to changes in external dependencies`,
     );
   } catch {
-    // conitnue if cache can't be read
+    // continue if cache can't be read
     logger.debug(`discarded cache as it can not be read`);
   }
 
@@ -219,7 +229,7 @@ function findCacheDir(name) {
   if (env.CACHE_DIR && !["true", "false", "1", "0"].includes(env.CACHE_DIR)) {
     return path.join(env.CACHE_DIR, name);
   }
-  const rootPkgJSONPath = path.dirname(findUpSync("package.json"));
+  const rootPkgJSONPath = path.dirname(findRootPackageJSON());
   if (rootPkgJSONPath) {
     return path.join(rootPkgJSONPath, "node_modules", ".cache", name);
   }