diff --git a/.changeset/old-onions-repair.md b/.changeset/old-onions-repair.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9a1a663e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/old-onions-repair.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+`pnpm audit` should send the versions of workspace projects for audit.
diff --git a/.changeset/shy-foxes-repair.md b/.changeset/shy-foxes-repair.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bba13bf80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shy-foxes-repair.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/audit": major
+---
+
+New required option added: lockfileDir.
diff --git a/lockfile/audit/package.json b/lockfile/audit/package.json
index b4170142ae..557a391261 100644
--- a/lockfile/audit/package.json
+++ b/lockfile/audit/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "@pnpm/audit": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/constants": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile-file": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/test-fixtures": "workspace:*",
     "@types/ramda": "0.28.15",
     "nock": "13.2.9"
   },
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
     "@pnpm/lockfile-types": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile-utils": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile-walker": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/read-project-manifest": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:*",
     "ramda": "npm:@pnpm/ramda@0.28.1"
   },
diff --git a/lockfile/audit/src/index.ts b/lockfile/audit/src/index.ts
index d5942d79e5..c98b677778 100644
--- a/lockfile/audit/src/index.ts
+++ b/lockfile/audit/src/index.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ export async function audit (
   opts: {
     agentOptions?: AgentOptions
     include?: { [dependenciesField in DependenciesField]: boolean }
+    lockfileDir: string
     registry: string
     retry?: RetryTimeoutOptions
     timeout?: number
   }
 ) {
-  const auditTree = lockfileToAuditTree(lockfile, { include: opts.include })
+  const auditTree = await lockfileToAuditTree(lockfile, { include: opts.include, lockfileDir: opts.lockfileDir })
   const registry = opts.registry.endsWith('/') ? opts.registry : `${opts.registry}/`
   const auditUrl = `${registry}-/npm/v1/security/audits`
   const authHeaderValue = getAuthHeader(registry)
diff --git a/lockfile/audit/src/lockfileToAuditTree.ts b/lockfile/audit/src/lockfileToAuditTree.ts
index cc00720010..472860f0ff 100644
--- a/lockfile/audit/src/lockfileToAuditTree.ts
+++ b/lockfile/audit/src/lockfileToAuditTree.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import path from 'path'
 import { Lockfile } from '@pnpm/lockfile-types'
 import { nameVerFromPkgSnapshot } from '@pnpm/lockfile-utils'
 import { lockfileWalkerGroupImporterSteps, LockfileWalkerStep } from '@pnpm/lockfile-walker'
 import { DependenciesField } from '@pnpm/types'
+import { readProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/read-project-manifest'
 import mapValues from 'ramda/src/map'
 
 export interface AuditNode {
@@ -19,25 +21,29 @@ export type AuditTree = AuditNode & {
   metadata: Object
 }
 
-export function lockfileToAuditTree (
+export async function lockfileToAuditTree (
   lockfile: Lockfile,
-  opts?: {
+  opts: {
     include?: { [dependenciesField in DependenciesField]: boolean }
+    lockfileDir: string
   }
-): AuditTree {
+): Promise<AuditTree> {
   const importerWalkers = lockfileWalkerGroupImporterSteps(lockfile, Object.keys(lockfile.importers), { include: opts?.include })
   const dependencies = {}
-  importerWalkers.forEach((importerWalker) => {
-    const importerDeps = lockfileToAuditNode(importerWalker.step)
-    // For some reason the registry responds with 500 if the keys in dependencies have slashes
-    // see issue: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/2848
-    const depName = importerWalker.importerId.replace(/\//g, '__')
-    dependencies[depName] = {
-      dependencies: importerDeps,
-      requires: toRequires(importerDeps),
-      version: '0.0.0',
-    }
-  })
+  await Promise.all(
+    importerWalkers.map(async (importerWalker) => {
+      const importerDeps = lockfileToAuditNode(importerWalker.step)
+      // For some reason the registry responds with 500 if the keys in dependencies have slashes
+      // see issue: https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/2848
+      const depName = importerWalker.importerId.replace(/\//g, '__')
+      const { manifest } = await readProjectManifest(path.join(opts.lockfileDir, importerWalker.importerId))
+      dependencies[depName] = {
+        dependencies: importerDeps,
+        requires: toRequires(importerDeps),
+        version: manifest.version,
+      }
+    })
+  )
   const auditTree: AuditTree = {
     name: undefined,
     version: undefined,
diff --git a/lockfile/audit/test/__fixtures__/one-project/package.json b/lockfile/audit/test/__fixtures__/one-project/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd6c0be32b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/audit/test/__fixtures__/one-project/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "pkg",
+  "version": "1.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/lockfile/audit/test/index.ts b/lockfile/audit/test/index.ts
index 82a65693f4..7cfe2b2dd9 100644
--- a/lockfile/audit/test/index.ts
+++ b/lockfile/audit/test/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import { audit } from '@pnpm/audit'
 import { LOCKFILE_VERSION } from '@pnpm/constants'
 import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
+import { fixtures } from '@pnpm/test-fixtures'
 import nock from 'nock'
 import { lockfileToAuditTree } from '../lib/lockfileToAuditTree'
 
+const f = fixtures(__dirname)
+
 describe('audit', () => {
-  test('lockfileToAuditTree()', () => {
-    expect(lockfileToAuditTree({
+  test('lockfileToAuditTree()', async () => {
+    expect(await lockfileToAuditTree({
       importers: {
         '.': {
           dependencies: {
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ describe('audit', () => {
           },
         },
       },
-    })).toEqual({
+    }, { lockfileDir: f.find('one-project') })).toEqual({
       name: undefined,
       version: undefined,
 
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ describe('audit', () => {
           requires: {
             foo: '1.0.0',
           },
-          version: '0.0.0',
+          version: '1.0.0',
         },
       },
       dev: false,
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ describe('audit', () => {
       integrity: undefined,
       metadata: {},
       remove: [],
-      requires: { '.': '0.0.0' },
+      requires: { '.': '1.0.0' },
     })
   })
 
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ describe('audit', () => {
       },
       getAuthHeader,
       {
+        lockfileDir: f.find('one-project'),
         registry,
         retry: {
           retries: 0,
diff --git a/lockfile/audit/tsconfig.json b/lockfile/audit/tsconfig.json
index 912e9d52fb..dd3e5e839c 100644
--- a/lockfile/audit/tsconfig.json
+++ b/lockfile/audit/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     "../../__typings__/**/*.d.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../__utils__/test-fixtures"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../network/fetch"
     },
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../packages/types"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../pkg-manifest/read-project-manifest"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../lockfile-file"
     },
diff --git a/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts b/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts
index d60c7b72d1..34ecdce19b 100644
--- a/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts
+++ b/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ export async function handler (
   | 'rootProjectManifest'
   >
 ) {
-  const lockfile = await readWantedLockfile(opts.lockfileDir ?? opts.dir, { ignoreIncompatible: true })
+  const lockfileDir = opts.lockfileDir ?? opts.dir
+  const lockfile = await readWantedLockfile(lockfileDir, { ignoreIncompatible: true })
   if (lockfile == null) {
     throw new PnpmError('AUDIT_NO_LOCKFILE', `No ${WANTED_LOCKFILE} found: Cannot audit a project without a lockfile`)
   }
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ export async function handler (
         timeout: opts.fetchTimeout,
       },
       include,
+      lockfileDir,
       registry: opts.registries.default,
       retry: {
         factor: opts.fetchRetryFactor,
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 81e148eb0e..78c9f0957d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1576,6 +1576,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/lockfile-walker':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../lockfile-walker
+      '@pnpm/read-project-manifest':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../pkg-manifest/read-project-manifest
       '@pnpm/types':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/types
@@ -1592,6 +1595,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/lockfile-file':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../lockfile-file
+      '@pnpm/test-fixtures':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../__utils__/test-fixtures
       '@types/ramda':
         specifier: 0.28.15
         version: 0.28.15