diff --git a/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yml b/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yml
index 11e64059..0ad7103d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yml
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
           GITLEAKS_ENABLE_COMMENTS: false
           GITLEAKS_ENABLE_SUMMARY: true
           GITLEAKS_ENABLE_UPLOAD_ARTIFACT: false
-          GITLEAKS_CONFIG: .github/gitleaks-rules.toml
+          GITLEAKS_CONFIG: ./dev_scripts_helpers/git/gitleaks/gitleaks-rules.toml
diff --git a/dev_scripts_helpers/git/git_hooks/utils.py b/dev_scripts_helpers/git/git_hooks/utils.py
index dade2412..75661517 100644
--- a/dev_scripts_helpers/git/git_hooks/utils.py
+++ b/dev_scripts_helpers/git/git_hooks/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import dev_scripts_helpers.git.git_hooks.utils as dshgghout
 """
 
-# NOTE: This file should depend only on Python standard libraries.
 import compileall
 import inspect
 import logging
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple
 
+import helpers.hgit as hgit
+
 _LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # TODO(gp): Check these hooks
@@ -468,29 +469,22 @@ def check_python_compile(
 # #############################################################################
 
 
-def get_git_root_dir() -> str:
-    """
-    Return the absolute path to the outermost Git repository root.
-
-    If inside a Git submodule, this returns the parent (superproject)
-    root. Otherwise, it returns the current repository's root.
-
-    :return: absolute path to the outermost Git repository root
-    """
-    cmd = "git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree --show-toplevel | head -n1"
-    _, git_root_dir = _system_to_string(cmd)
-    git_root_dir = git_root_dir.strip()
-    return git_root_dir
-
-
 def check_gitleaks(abort_on_error: bool = True) -> None:
     """
     Check that the code does not contain any leaked secrets.
     """
     func_name = _report()
-    git_root_dir = get_git_root_dir()
+    # Find relative path from the git root to the helpers root.
+    git_root_dir = hgit.find_git_root()
+    helpers_root_dir = hgit.find_helpers_root()
+    rel_path = os.path.relpath(helpers_root_dir, git_root_dir)
+    # Find the gitleaks config file.
+    config_path = os.path.join(
+        "/app", rel_path, "dev_scripts_helpers/git/gitleaks"
+    )
+    config_path = os.path.normpath(config_path)
     cmd = f"""
-    docker run -v {git_root_dir}:/app zricethezav/gitleaks:latest -c /app/.github/gitleaks-rules.toml git /app --pre-commit --staged --verbose
+    docker run -v {git_root_dir}:/app zricethezav/gitleaks:latest -c {config_path}/gitleaks-rules.toml git /app --pre-commit --staged --verbose
     """
     _LOG.debug("cmd='%s'", cmd)
     rc, txt = _system_to_string(cmd, abort_on_error=False)
diff --git a/.github/gitleaks-rules.toml b/dev_scripts_helpers/git/gitleaks/gitleaks-rules.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/gitleaks-rules.toml
rename to dev_scripts_helpers/git/gitleaks/gitleaks-rules.toml