diff --git a/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts b/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts
index b3544c7224..003b4f7c98 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const config: Options.WebdriverIO = {
 	// ensure we are running `tauri-driver` before the session starts so that we can proxy the webdriver requests
 	beforeSession: () => {
 		const tauriDriverPath = process.env.CI
-			? path.resolve('usr', 'local', 'bin', 'tauri-driver')
+			? '/usr/local/bin/tauri-driver'
 			: path.resolve(os.homedir(), '.cargo', 'bin', 'tauri-driver');
 		tauriDriver = spawn(tauriDriverPath, [], {
 			stdio: [null, process.stdout, process.stderr]