diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
index 7d26bcb20a..0de7d94fda 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 jest.mock('./helpers');
 
 import os from 'os';
+import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
 import { createFetchCookiecutterAction } from './cookiecutter';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
@@ -89,7 +90,10 @@ describe('fetch:cookiecutter', () => {
       integrations,
       baseUrl: mockContext.baseUrl,
       fetchUrl: mockContext.input.url,
-      outputPath: `${mockContext.workspacePath}/template/{{cookiecutter and 'contents'}}`,
+      outputPath: resolvePath(
+        mockContext.workspacePath,
+        `template/{{cookiecutter and 'contents'}}`,
+      ),
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/helpers.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/helpers.test.ts
index e475764a0b..c1e022b8b9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/helpers.test.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 jest.mock('fs-extra');
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
 import { UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ describe('fetchContent helper', () => {
       fetchUrl: 'foo',
       outputPath: 'somepath',
     });
-    expect(fs.copy).toBeCalledWith('/some/foo', 'somepath');
+    expect(fs.copy).toBeCalledWith(resolvePath('/some/foo'), 'somepath');
   });
 
   it('should reject if no integration matches location', async () => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.test.ts
index 88eeb5997b..97c74d6187 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.test.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 jest.mock('./helpers');
 
 import os from 'os';
+import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
 import { getVoidLogger, UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ describe('fetch:plain', () => {
     });
     expect(fetchContents).toBeCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
-        outputPath: `${mockContext.workspacePath}/lol`,
+        outputPath: resolvePath(mockContext.workspacePath, 'lol'),
         fetchUrl:
           'https://github.com/backstage/community/tree/main/backstage-community-sessions/assets',
       }),