diff --git a/src/test-apps/happy/tests/standalone/wdmNext/weave_wdm_next_test_base.py b/src/test-apps/happy/tests/standalone/wdmNext/weave_wdm_next_test_base.py
index 8ec172f872..2bccac7bdc 100755
--- a/src/test-apps/happy/tests/standalone/wdmNext/weave_wdm_next_test_base.py
+++ b/src/test-apps/happy/tests/standalone/wdmNext/weave_wdm_next_test_base.py
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ def get_test_param_json(self, test_name):
         Returns:
             dict: Dictionary containing test, client, and server test params.
         """
-        with open("weave_wdm_next_test_params.json") as json_file:
+        curr_file_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        test_param_json_path = "{}/weave_wdm_next_test_params.json".format(curr_file_dir)
+        with open(test_param_json_path) as json_file:
             data = json.load(json_file)
             return data[test_name]