diff --git a/cli/Valet/Brew.php b/cli/Valet/Brew.php
index 53e9d32..828eabe 100644
--- a/cli/Valet/Brew.php
+++ b/cli/Valet/Brew.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Valet;
 
-use PhpFpm;
 use DomainException;
+use PhpFpm;
 
 class Brew
 {
diff --git a/cli/Valet/Site.php b/cli/Valet/Site.php
index c1a3152..7922c85 100644
--- a/cli/Valet/Site.php
+++ b/cli/Valet/Site.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Valet;
 
 use DomainException;
+use PhpFpm;
 
 class Site
 {
@@ -1108,4 +1109,21 @@ public function replaceSockFile($siteConf, $phpVersion)
 
         return '# '.ISOLATED_PHP_VERSION.'='.$phpVersion.PHP_EOL.$siteConf;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get PHP version from .valetphprc for a site.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $site
+     * @return string|null
+     */
+    public function phpRcVersion($site)
+    {
+        if ($site = $this->parked()->merge($this->links())->where('site', $site)->first()) {
+            $path = data_get($site, 'path').'/.valetphprc';
+
+            if ($this->files->exists($path)) {
+                return PhpFpm::normalizePhpVersion(trim($this->files->get($path)));
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cli/valet.php b/cli/valet.php
index 70002ee..ecb5fd9 100755
--- a/cli/valet.php
+++ b/cli/valet.php
@@ -506,18 +506,19 @@
      */
     $app->command('use [phpVersion] [--force]', function ($phpVersion, $force) {
         if (! $phpVersion) {
-            $path = getcwd().'/.valetphprc';
+            $site = basename(getcwd());
             $linkedVersion = Brew::linkedPhp();
-            if (! file_exists($path)) {
+            $phpVersion = Site::phpRcVersion($site);
+
+            if (! $phpVersion) {
                 return info("Valet is using {$linkedVersion}.");
             }
 
-            $phpVersion = trim(file_get_contents($path));
-            info("Found '{$path}' specifying version: {$phpVersion}");
-
-            if ($linkedVersion == $phpVersion) {
+            if ($linkedVersion == $phpVersion  && ! $force) {
                 return info("Valet is already using {$linkedVersion}.");
             }
+
+            info("Found '{$site}' specifying version: {$phpVersion}");
         }
 
         PhpFpm::useVersion($phpVersion, $force);
@@ -533,6 +534,11 @@
             $site = basename(getcwd());
         }
 
+        if (! $phpVersion) {
+            $phpVersion = Site::phpRcVersion($site);
+            info("Found '{$site}' specifying version: {$phpVersion}");
+        }
+
         PhpFpm::isolateDirectory($site, $phpVersion);
     })->descriptions('Change the version of PHP used by Valet to serve the current working directory', [
         'phpVersion' => 'The PHP version you want to use; e.g php@8.1',
@@ -569,10 +575,7 @@
         $phpVersion = Site::customPhpVersion($host);
 
         if (! $phpVersion) {
-            $path = getcwd().'/.valetphprc';
-            if (file_exists($path)) {
-                $phpVersion = trim(file_get_contents($path));
-            }
+            $phpVersion = Site::phpRcVersion($site ?: basename(getcwd()));
         }
 
         return output(Brew::getPhpExecutablePath($phpVersion));
diff --git a/tests/SiteTest.php b/tests/SiteTest.php
index abe8360..9b5d606 100644
--- a/tests/SiteTest.php
+++ b/tests/SiteTest.php
@@ -819,6 +819,55 @@ public function test_it_returns_secured_sites()
 
         $this->assertSame(['helloworld.tld'], $sites);
     }
+
+    public function test_it_can_read_php_rc_version()
+    {
+        $config = Mockery::mock(Configuration::class);
+        $files = Mockery::mock(Filesystem::class);
+
+        swap(Configuration::class, $config);
+        swap(Filesystem::class, $files);
+
+        $siteMock = Mockery::mock(Site::class, [
+            resolve(Configuration::class),
+            resolve(CommandLine::class),
+            resolve(Filesystem::class)
+        ])->makePartial();
+
+        swap(Site::class, $siteMock);
+
+        $config->shouldReceive('read')
+            ->andReturn(['tld' => 'test', 'loopback' => VALET_LOOPBACK, 'paths' => []]);
+
+        $siteMock->shouldReceive('parked')
+            ->andReturn(collect([
+                'site1' => [
+                    'site' => 'site1',
+                    'secured' => '',
+                    'url' => 'http://site1.test',
+                    'path' => '/Users/name/code/site1',
+                ],
+            ]));
+
+        $siteMock->shouldReceive('links')->andReturn(collect([
+            'site2' => [
+                'site' => 'site2',
+                'secured' => 'X',
+                'url' => 'http://site2.test',
+                'path' => '/Users/name/some-other-directory/site2',
+            ],
+        ]));
+
+        $files->shouldReceive('exists')->with('/Users/name/code/site1/.valetphprc')->andReturn(true);
+        $files->shouldReceive('get')->with('/Users/name/code/site1/.valetphprc')->andReturn('php@8.1');
+
+        $files->shouldReceive('exists')->with('/Users/name/some-other-directory/site2/.valetphprc')->andReturn(true);
+        $files->shouldReceive('get')->with('/Users/name/some-other-directory/site2/.valetphprc')->andReturn('php@8.0');
+
+        $this->assertEquals('php@8.1', $siteMock->phpRcVersion('site1'));
+        $this->assertEquals('php@8.0', $siteMock->phpRcVersion('site2'));
+        $this->assertEquals(null, $siteMock->phpRcVersion('site3')); // Site doesn't exists
+    }
 }
 
 class CommandLineFake extends CommandLine