diff --git a/src/sfProject.ts b/src/sfProject.ts
index 5980a2d37..c89c22c18 100644
--- a/src/sfProject.ts
+++ b/src/sfProject.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ export class SfProjectJson extends ConfigFile<ConfigFile.Options, ProjectJson> {
     return contents;
   }
 
+  /** force a reread of the project contents if you know they may have been modified */
+  public refreshSync(): SfProjectJson {
+    super.readSync(false, true);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public readSync(): ProjectJson {
     const contents = super.readSync();
     this.validateKeys();
@@ -369,6 +375,14 @@ export class SfProject {
    */
   protected constructor(private path: string) {}
 
+  /**
+   * Clear the cache to force reading from disk.
+   *
+   * *NOTE: Only call this method if you must and you know what you are doing.*
+   */
+  public static clearInstances(): void {
+    SfProject.instances.clear();
+  }
   /**
    * Get a Project from a given path or from the working directory.
    *
diff --git a/src/testSetup.ts b/src/testSetup.ts
index b126782c6..e664994c6 100644
--- a/src/testSetup.ts
+++ b/src/testSetup.ts
@@ -666,8 +666,7 @@ export const restoreContext = (testContext: TestContext): void => {
   testContext.configStubs = {};
   // Give each test run a clean StateAggregator
   StateAggregator.clearInstance();
-  // @ts-expect-error accessing a private property
-  SfProject.instances.clear();
+  SfProject.clearInstances();
   // Allow each test to have their own config aggregator
   // @ts-ignore clear for testing.
   delete ConfigAggregator.instance;