diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/protos.ts b/packages/scripts/src/protos.ts
index e250ef34c..22e92f18f 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/protos.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/protos.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import { readdir, rm } from "fs/promises";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 
 const MAX_COMMAND_LENGTH = 2 ** 11;
-const TS_PROTO_EXECUTABLE = "./node_modules/.bin/protoc-gen-ts_proto";
+const TS_PROTO_EXECUTABLE_LOCATIONS = [
+  "./node_modules/.bin/protoc-gen-ts_proto",
+  "../../node_modules/.bin/protoc-gen-ts_proto",
+];
 
 const roots = [
   // "../../packages/core/src/protos",
@@ -13,12 +16,24 @@ const roots = [
 
 const exec = promisify(execSync);
 
-let executableFileExtension: string;
+let tsProtoExecutableLocation: string | undefined = undefined;
 
-if (existsSync(`${TS_PROTO_EXECUTABLE}.exe`)) {
-  executableFileExtension = ".exe";
-} else {
-  executableFileExtension = "";
+for (const location of TS_PROTO_EXECUTABLE_LOCATIONS) {
+  if (existsSync(location)) {
+    tsProtoExecutableLocation = location;
+    break;
+  } else if (existsSync(`${location}.exe`)) {
+    tsProtoExecutableLocation = `${location}.exe`;
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+if (!tsProtoExecutableLocation) {
+  throw new Error(
+    `Could not find ts-proto executable. Checked locations: ${TS_PROTO_EXECUTABLE_LOCATIONS.join(
+      ", "
+    )}`
+  );
 }
 
 for (const root of roots) {
@@ -33,7 +48,7 @@ for (const root of roots) {
   while (files.length > 0) {
     let command = [
       "protoc",
-      `--plugin=${TS_PROTO_EXECUTABLE}${executableFileExtension}`,
+      `--plugin=${tsProtoExecutableLocation}`,
       "--ts_proto_opt=esModuleInterop=true",
       "--ts_proto_opt=oneof=unions-value",
       // "--ts_proto_opt=removeEnumPrefix=true",