diff --git a/tests/test_cache_executor_pysqa_flux.py b/tests/test_cache_executor_pysqa_flux.py
index 4f389406..8e8f29aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_cache_executor_pysqa_flux.py
+++ b/tests/test_cache_executor_pysqa_flux.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def test_executor(self):
             backend="pysqa_flux",
             cache_directory="cache",
             max_cores=1,
-            resource_dict={"cores": 2, "cwd": "."},
+            resource_dict={"cores": 2, "cwd": os.path.abspath("cwd")},
             flux_executor=None,
             flux_executor_pmi_mode=None,
             flux_executor_nesting=False,