diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ecbc293549dc62d20cc228c9175d77dbe7a656fd..d181d2a0a5af9e0345530e3e8e7243e120597bc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
           mkdir release-test
           tar -xzf "$1" -C release-test
           set -- release-test/tit-*/bin/tit
-          TIT_RELEASE_BINARY="$1" cargo test --locked --release --test serve
+          TIT_RELEASE_BINARY="$(pwd)/$1" cargo test --locked --release --test serve
       - name: Store the release artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with: