diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3948216b4ece7..ffe06a9b3a169 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4570,6 +4570,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ecba01bf2678719532c5e3059e0b5f0811273d94b397088b82e3bd0a78c78fdd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "path-clean"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "17359afc20d7ab31fdb42bb844c8b3bb1dabd7dcf7e68428492da7f16966fcef"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "path-slash"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -6933,7 +6939,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "normpath",
  "once_cell",
  "parking_lot",
- "path-clean",
+ "path-clean 0.1.0",
  "pathdiff",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -7163,7 +7169,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.2.1",
  "indexmap",
  "is-macro",
- "path-clean",
+ "path-clean 0.1.0",
  "pathdiff",
  "regex",
  "serde",
@@ -9151,6 +9157,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bstr",
+ "dunce",
+ "path-clean 1.0.1",
  "path-slash",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
@@ -10177,7 +10185,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lexical-sort",
  "memmap2",
  "once_cell",
- "path-clean",
+ "path-clean 0.1.0",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_cbor",
diff --git a/crates/turbopath/Cargo.toml b/crates/turbopath/Cargo.toml
index a6eae711b8469..5d4951549bd48 100644
--- a/crates/turbopath/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/turbopath/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 bstr = "1.4.0"
+dunce = { workspace = true }
+path-clean = "1.0.1"
 path-slash = "0.2.1"
 # TODO: Make this a crate feature
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/turbopath/src/absolute_system_path_buf.rs b/crates/turbopath/src/absolute_system_path_buf.rs
index e302f3d691fb0..e09e7ec3b1c00 100644
--- a/crates/turbopath/src/absolute_system_path_buf.rs
+++ b/crates/turbopath/src/absolute_system_path_buf.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Components, Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
+use path_clean::PathClean;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -237,10 +238,14 @@ impl AbsoluteSystemPathBuf {
     }
 
     pub fn to_realpath(&self) -> Result<Self, PathError> {
-        let realpath = fs::canonicalize(&self.0)?;
+        let realpath = dunce::canonicalize(&self.0)?;
         Ok(Self(realpath))
     }
 
+    pub fn clean(&self) -> Self {
+        Self(self.0.clean())
+    }
+
     pub fn symlink_to_file(&self, target: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<(), PathError> {
         self.as_absolute_path().symlink_to_file(target)
     }
@@ -291,6 +296,13 @@ mod tests {
                 PathValidationError::NotAbsolute(_)
             ))
         );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            AbsoluteSystemPathBuf::new("/some/dir/../other")
+                .unwrap()
+                .clean(),
+            AbsoluteSystemPathBuf::new("/some/other").unwrap(),
+        );
     }
 
     #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -314,6 +326,13 @@ mod tests {
             Err(PathError::PathValidationError(
                 PathValidationError::NotAbsolute(_)
             ))
-        )
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            AbsoluteSystemPathBuf::new("C:\\some\\dir\\..\\other")
+                .unwrap()
+                .clean(),
+            AbsoluteSystemPathBuf::new("C:\\some\\other").unwrap(),
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/turborepo-scm/src/package_deps.rs b/crates/turborepo-scm/src/package_deps.rs
index 27002cfef8eee..d0f5a8ba168d9 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-scm/src/package_deps.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-scm/src/package_deps.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub(crate) fn find_git_root(
         .current_dir(turbo_root)
         .output()?;
     let root = String::from_utf8(rev_parse.stdout)?;
-    Ok(turbo_root.join_literal(root.trim_end()).to_realpath()?)
+    Ok(turbo_root.join_literal(root.trim_end()).clean())
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_symlinked_git_root() {
+        let (_, tmp_root) = tmp_dir();
+        let git_root = tmp_root.join_literal("actual_repo");
+        git_root.create_dir_all().unwrap();
+        setup_repository(&git_root);
+        git_root.join_literal("inside").create_dir_all().unwrap();
+        let link = tmp_root.join_literal("link");
+        link.symlink_to_dir("actual_repo").unwrap();
+        let turbo_root = link.join_literal("inside");
+        let result = find_git_root(&turbo_root).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result, link);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_get_package_deps() -> Result<(), Error> {
         // Directory structure: