diff --git a/.ng-dev-config.ts b/.ng-dev/config.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from .ng-dev-config.ts
rename to .ng-dev/config.ts
index aaa669ea6a..141944d22e 100644
--- a/.ng-dev-config.ts
+++ b/.ng-dev/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import {MergeConfig} from './dev-infra/pr/merge/config';
-import {determineMergeBranches} from './dev-infra/pr/merge/determine-merge-branches';
+import {MergeConfig} from '../dev-infra/pr/merge/config';
+import {determineMergeBranches} from '../dev-infra/pr/merge/determine-merge-branches';
 
 // The configuration for `ng-dev commit-message` commands.
 const commitMessage = {
diff --git a/.pullapprove.yml b/.pullapprove.yml
index b889e340d4..28f315de51 100644
--- a/.pullapprove.yml
+++ b/.pullapprove.yml
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ groups:
           '.circleci/**',
           '.devcontainer/**',
           '.github/**',
+          '.ng-dev/**',
           '.vscode/**',
           '.yarn/**',
           'dev-infra/**',
diff --git a/dev-infra/utils/config.ts b/dev-infra/utils/config.ts
index 0a2b50a4c1..737f0b9f15 100644
--- a/dev-infra/utils/config.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/utils/config.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export type NgDevConfig<T = {}> = CommonConfig&T;
  * The filename expected for creating the ng-dev config, without the file
  * extension to allow either a typescript or javascript file to be used.
  */
-const CONFIG_FILE_NAME = '.ng-dev-config';
+const CONFIG_FILE_PATH = '.ng-dev/config';
 
 /** The configuration for ng-dev. */
 let CONFIG: {}|null = null;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function getConfig(): NgDevConfig {
   // If the global config is not defined, load it from the file system.
   if (CONFIG === null) {
     // The full path to the configuration file.
-    const configPath = join(getRepoBaseDir(), CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+    const configPath = join(getRepoBaseDir(), CONFIG_FILE_PATH);
     // Set the global config object.
     CONFIG = readConfigFile(configPath);
   }