diff --git a/distribution/src/bin/opensearch-plugin b/distribution/src/bin/opensearch-plugin
index b58a2695d2ecf..ed122e2184bec 100755
--- a/distribution/src/bin/opensearch-plugin
+++ b/distribution/src/bin/opensearch-plugin
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 
 OPENSEARCH_MAIN_CLASS=org.opensearch.plugins.PluginCli \
   OPENSEARCH_ADDITIONAL_CLASSPATH_DIRECTORIES=lib/tools/plugin-cli \
-  "`dirname "$0"`"/opensearch-cli \
-  "$@"
+  ./opensearch-cli "$@"