diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/util.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/util.ts
index feef6b13f..cfa3af584 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/util.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/util.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ export async function loadPlaywrightProjectFiles (
   archive.glob('**/package*.json', { cwd: path.join(dir, '/'), ignore: ignoredFiles })
   archive.glob('**/pnpm*.yaml', { cwd: path.join(dir, '/'), ignore: ignoredFiles })
   archive.glob('**/yarn.lock', { cwd: path.join(dir, '/'), ignore: ignoredFiles })
+  archive.glob('**/.npmrc', { cwd: path.join(dir, '/'), ignore: ignoredFiles })
   for (const includePattern of include) {
     archive.glob(includePattern, { cwd: path.join(dir, '/'), ignore: ignoredFiles })
   }