diff --git a/news/changelog-1.8.md b/news/changelog-1.8.md
index 9b0fb66634..80524bf0da 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.8.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.8.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## In this release
 
 - ([#13396](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13396)): Fix `quarto publish connect` regression.
+- ([#13418](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13418): Resolve logo paths specified directly in `brand.logo.{size}`.
 
 # v1.8 changes
 
diff --git a/src/core/brand/brand.ts b/src/core/brand/brand.ts
index 336f3767a7..0f62d755cf 100644
--- a/src/core/brand/brand.ts
+++ b/src/core/brand/brand.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export class Brand {
   getLogoResource(name: string): BrandLogoExplicitResource {
     const entry = this.data.logo?.images?.[name];
     if (!entry) {
-      return { path: name };
+      return this.resolvePath(name);
     }
     return this.resolvePath(entry);
   }
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/brand/_brand.yml b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/brand/_brand.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd3ef9571c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/brand/_brand.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+logo:
+  medium: ../logos/logo.png
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/index.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6f90a866d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+format:
+  dashboard: default
+  revealjs: default
+  typst:
+    keep-typ: true
+brand: brand/_brand.yml
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    dashboard:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        -
+          - '<img src="logos(/|\\)logo.png"'
+        - []
+    revealjs:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        -
+          - '<img src="logos(/|\\)logo.png"'
+        - []
+    typst:
+      ensureTypstFileRegexMatches:
+        -
+          - 'background: align\(left\+top, box\(inset: 0\.75in, image\("logos(/|\\\\)logo\.png", width: 1\.5in\)\)'
+        - []
+---
+
+# Test
+
+Some text
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/logos/logo.png b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-no-project/logos/logo.png
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diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/.gitignore b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad293093b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.quarto/
+**/*.quarto_ipynb
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/_quarto.yml b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/_quarto.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8bae5830f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/_quarto.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+project:
+  type: default
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/brand/_brand.yml b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/brand/_brand.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd3ef9571c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/brand/_brand.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+logo:
+  medium: ../logos/logo.png
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/index.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/index.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6f90a866d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/brand/logo/relative-logo-path-project/index.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+format:
+  dashboard: default
+  revealjs: default
+  typst:
+    keep-typ: true
+brand: brand/_brand.yml
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    dashboard:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        -
+          - '<img src="logos(/|\\)logo.png"'
+        - []
+    revealjs:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        -
+          - '<img src="logos(/|\\)logo.png"'
+        - []
+    typst:
+      ensureTypstFileRegexMatches:
+        -
+          - 'background: align\(left\+top, box\(inset: 0\.75in, image\("logos(/|\\\\)logo\.png", width: 1\.5in\)\)'
+        - []
+---
+
+# Test
+
+Some text
\ No newline at end of file
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