diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
index df3c1e6ac0306d..074a397bf38ad2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ function computeOutputPath(projectRoot, baseOutputPath, pkgJson, platform) {
   if (baseOutputPath == null) {
     const outputDirFromPkgJson = readOutputDirFromPkgJson(pkgJson, platform);
     if (outputDirFromPkgJson != null) {
-      baseOutputPath = outputDirFromPkgJson;
+      baseOutputPath = path.join(projectRoot, outputDirFromPkgJson);
     } else {
       baseOutputPath = projectRoot;
     }