diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 4d95e3df..cb6d615b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      working_directory: ~/brutils-python
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']