diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 467c0b3..cce3b6b 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -129600,7 +129600,8 @@ async function run() {
     }
 }
 function detectEmptyWorkdir() {
-    if (node_fs_1.default.readdirSync(".").length === 0) {
+    const dirToCheck = inputs_1.workingDirectory || ".";
+    if (node_fs_1.default.readdirSync(dirToCheck).length === 0) {
         if (inputs_1.ignoreEmptyWorkdir) {
             core.info("Empty workdir detected. Ignoring because ignore-empty-workdir is enabled");
         }
diff --git a/src/setup-uv.ts b/src/setup-uv.ts
index 03b2434..cbb0e26 100644
--- a/src/setup-uv.ts
+++ b/src/setup-uv.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 function detectEmptyWorkdir(): void {
-  if (fs.readdirSync(".").length === 0) {
+  const dirToCheck = workingDirectory || ".";
+  if (fs.readdirSync(dirToCheck).length === 0) {
     if (ignoreEmptyWorkdir) {
       core.info(
         "Empty workdir detected. Ignoring because ignore-empty-workdir is enabled",