diff --git a/tests/aci-e2e/e2e-aci_test.go b/tests/aci-e2e/e2e-aci_test.go
index bf208ae55..8bd361ec9 100644
--- a/tests/aci-e2e/e2e-aci_test.go
+++ b/tests/aci-e2e/e2e-aci_test.go
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ func TestUpUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	composeAccountName = strings.ToLower(composeAccountName)
 
 	dstDir := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "e2e-aci-volume-"+composeAccountName)
-	err := fileutil.CopyDirs("../composefiles/aci-demo/", dstDir)
+	srcDir := filepath.Join("..", "composefiles", "aci-demo")
+	err := fileutil.CopyDirs(srcDir, dstDir)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		assert.NilError(t, os.RemoveAll(dstDir))