diff --git a/hack/update-helm-repo.sh b/hack/update-helm-repo.sh
index 8c74a375f..e457368bf 100755
--- a/hack/update-helm-repo.sh
+++ b/hack/update-helm-repo.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 
-REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+# Resolve the absolute path of the directory containing the script
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
+REPO_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR/.."
 
 cd $REPO_ROOT/hack/chart-update; go run . -release-tag=$1; cd -
diff --git a/hack/update-plugin-yaml.sh b/hack/update-plugin-yaml.sh
index 0caab0bb4..3264315b2 100755
--- a/hack/update-plugin-yaml.sh
+++ b/hack/update-plugin-yaml.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 
-REPO_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+# Resolve the absolute path of the directory containing the script
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
+REPO_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR/.."
 
-docker run --rm -v $REPO_ROOT:/home/app ghcr.io/rajatjindal/krew-release-bot:v0.0.46 krew-release-bot template --tag $1 --template-file .krew.yaml > $REPO_ROOT/plugins/clusterctl-operator.yaml
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+docker run --rm -v "$REPO_ROOT":/home/app ghcr.io/rajatjindal/krew-release-bot:v0.0.46 krew-release-bot template --tag "$1" --template-file .krew.yaml > "$REPO_ROOT"/plugins/clusterctl-operator.yaml