diff --git a/.changeset/new-cows-cheer.md b/.changeset/new-cows-cheer.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad8ffac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/new-cows-cheer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@nodesecure/scanner": major
+---
+
+refactor: rename cwd() to workingDir()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78dfb62d..2165d4e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ await Promise.allSettled(promises);
 See [types.ts](https://github.com/NodeSecure/scanner/blob/master/workspaces/scanner/src/types.ts) for a complete TypeScript definition.
 
 ```ts
-function cwd(
+function workingDir(
   location: string,
-  options?: Scanner.CwdOptions,
+  options?: Scanner.WorkingDirOptions,
   logger?: Scanner.Logger
 ): Promise<Scanner.Payload>;
 function from(
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ function verify(
 ): Promise<tarball.ScannedPackageResult>;
 ```
 
-`CwdOptions` and `FromOptions` are described with the following TypeScript interfaces:
+`WorkingDirOptions` and `FromOptions` are described with the following TypeScript interfaces:
 
 ```ts
 
-type CwdOptions = Options & {
+type WorkingDirOptions = Options & {
   /**
    * NPM runtime configuration (such as local .npmrc file)
    * It is optionally used to fetch registry authentication tokens
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ type FromOptions = Omit<Options, "includeDevDeps">;
 interface Options {
   /**
    * Specifies the maximum depth to traverse for each root dependency.
-   * For example, a value of 2 would mean only traversing dependencies and their immediate dependencies.
+   * A value of 2 would mean only traversing deps and their immediate deps.
    *
    * @default Infinity
    */
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/src/index.ts b/workspaces/scanner/src/index.ts
index e3db7e58..446d3ef3 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/src/index.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/src/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { comparePayloads } from "./comparePayloads.ts";
 import type { Options } from "./types.ts";
 
 // CONSTANTS
-const kDefaultCwdOptions = {
+const kDefaultWorkingDirOptions = {
   forceRootAnalysis: true,
   includeDevDeps: false
 };
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const kDefaultCwdOptions = {
 export * from "./types.ts";
 export * from "./extractors/index.ts";
 
-export type CwdOptions = Options & {
+export type WorkingDirOptions = Options & {
   /**
    * NPM runtime configuration (such as local .npmrc file)
    * It is optionally used to fetch registry authentication tokens
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ export type CwdOptions = Options & {
   npmRcConfig?: Config;
 };
 
-export async function cwd(
+export async function workingDir(
   location = process.cwd(),
-  options: CwdOptions = {},
+  options: WorkingDirOptions = {},
   logger = new Logger()
 ) {
   const registry = options.registry ?
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export async function cwd(
 
   const finalizedOptions = Object.assign(
     { location },
-    kDefaultCwdOptions,
+    kDefaultWorkingDirOptions,
     {
       ...options,
       packageLock,
diff --git a/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts b/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
index ca1d5dd4..a7efc545 100644
--- a/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
+++ b/workspaces/scanner/test/depWalker.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { depWalker } from "../src/depWalker.ts";
 import {
   Logger,
   from,
-  cwd,
+  workingDir,
   type Payload,
   type DependencyVersion
 } from "../src/index.ts";
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ test("highlight contacts from a remote package", async() => {
 
 describe("scanner.cwd()", () => {
   test("should parse author, homepage and links for a local package who doesn't exist on the remote registry", async() => {
-    const result = await cwd(path.join(kFixturePath, "non-npm-package"));
+    const result = await workingDir(path.join(kFixturePath, "non-npm-package"));
 
     const dep = result.dependencies["non-npm-package"];
     const v1 = dep.versions["1.0.0"];
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ describe("scanner.cwd()", () => {
   });
 
   test("should parse local manifest author field without throwing when attempting to highlight contacts", async() => {
-    const { dependencies } = await cwd(
+    const { dependencies } = await workingDir(
       path.join(kFixturePath, "non-valid-authors")
     );
     const pkg = dependencies["random-package"];
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ describe("scanner.cwd()", () => {
   });
 
   test("should scan a workspace package.json and assign 'workspace' as the package name", async() => {
-    const result = await cwd(
+    const result = await workingDir(
       path.join(kFixturePath, "workspace-no-name-version")
     );