diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/project.json b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/project.json
index 3bda54ee8..bd0a4ff26 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework/project.json
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
   "description": "Microsoft.DotNet.TestFramework Class Library",
-  "authors": [ "sridhper" ],
-  "tags": [ "" ],
+  "authors": [
+    "sridhper"
+  ],
+  "tags": [
+    ""
+  ],
   "projectUrl": "",
   "licenseUrl": "",
-
   "dependencies": {
     "Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils": "1.0.0-*",
     "NETStandard.Library": "1.0.0-rc2-23811"
   },
-
   "frameworks": {
-      "dnxcore50": {
-              "imports": "portable-net45+win8"
-          }
+    "dnxcore50": {
+      "imports": "portable-net45+win8"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/ProjectUtils.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/ProjectUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b812ed28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/ProjectUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
+{
+    public class ProjectUtils
+    {
+        public static string GetProjectJson(string testRoot, string project)
+        {
+            // We assume that the project name same as the directory name with contains the project.json
+            // We can do better here by using ProjectReader to get the correct project name
+            string projectPath = Directory.GetFiles(testRoot, "project.json", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+                                          .FirstOrDefault(pj => Directory.GetParent(pj).Name.Equals(project));
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(projectPath))
+            {
+                throw new Exception($"Cannot file project '{project}' in '{testRoot}'");
+            }
+
+            return projectPath;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests.cs b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests.cs
index 0ce93eb1d..7972f7a91 100644
--- a/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests.cs
+++ b/test/dotnet-publish.Tests/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
     public class PublishTests : TestBase
     {
         private readonly string _testProjectsRoot;
+        private readonly Func<string, string, string> _getProjectJson = ProjectUtils.GetProjectJson;
 
         public PublishTests()
         {
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
                                                      .WithLockFiles()
                                                      .WithBuildArtifacts();
 
-            string testRoot = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp", "project.json");
+            string testRoot = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp");
 
             outputDir = string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputDir) ? "" : Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, outputDir);
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(testRoot, output: outputDir);
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
                                                      .WithLockFiles()
                                                      .WithBuildArtifacts();
 
-            var testProject = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "project.json");
+            var testProject = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "TestAppWithContents");
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(testProject);
 
             publishCommand.Execute().Should().Pass();
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
         {
             TestInstance instance = TestAssetsManager.CreateTestInstance("TestAppWithLibrary");
 
-            string testProject = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp", "project.json");
+            string testProject = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp");
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(testProject);
             publishCommand.Execute().Should().Fail();
         }
@@ -93,11 +94,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
         [Fact]
         public void LibraryPublishTest()
         {
-            TestInstance instance = TestAssetsManager.CreateTestInstance(Path.Combine("TestAppWithLibrary", "TestLibrary"))
+            TestInstance instance = TestAssetsManager.CreateTestInstance(Path.Combine("TestAppWithLibrary"))
                                                      .WithLockFiles()
                                                      .WithBuildArtifacts();
 
-            var testProject = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "project.json");
+            var testProject = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "TestLibrary");
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(testProject);
             publishCommand.Execute().Should().Pass();
 
@@ -115,9 +116,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
                                                      .WithLockFiles()
                                                      .WithBuildArtifacts();
 
-            var lesserTestLibDir = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "TestLibraryLesser");
+            var lesserTestProject = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "TestLibraryLesser");
 
-            var lesserTestProject = Path.Combine(lesserTestLibDir, "project.json");
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(lesserTestProject, "net451");
             publishCommand.Execute().Should().Pass();
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
                                                      .WithLockFiles()
                                                      .WithBuildArtifacts();
 
-            var testProject = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp", "project.json");
+            var testProject = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp");
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(testProject);
             publishCommand.Execute().Should().Pass();
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
             TestInstance instance = TestAssetsManager.CreateTestInstance("CompileFail")
                                                      .WithLockFiles();
 
-            var testProject = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "project.json");
+            var testProject = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "CompileFail");
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(testProject);
 
             publishCommand.Execute().Should().Fail();
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish.Tests
                                                      .WithLockFiles()
                                                      .WithBuildArtifacts();
 
-            var testProject = Path.Combine(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp", "project.json");
+            var testProject = _getProjectJson(instance.TestRoot, "TestApp");
 
             var publishCommand = new PublishCommand(testProject);
             var result = publishCommand.ExecuteWithCapturedOutput();