diff --git a/tests/plan.bats b/tests/plan.bats
index 56c037b9..bf8aeb64 100644
--- a/tests/plan.bats
+++ b/tests/plan.bats
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 @test "plan: hello" {
-  run dagger --europa up ./plan/hello-europa
+  # Europa loader handles the cwd differently, therefore we need to CD into the tree at or below the parent of cue.mod
+  cd "$TESTDIR"/plan/hello-europa
+  run dagger --europa up 
   assert_success
 }
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