diff --git a/pmd-cli/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CpdCliTest.java b/pmd-cli/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CpdCliTest.java
index 14713414f8..d311d2b099 100644
--- a/pmd-cli/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CpdCliTest.java
+++ b/pmd-cli/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cli/CpdCliTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -81,15 +82,16 @@ class CpdCliTest extends BaseCliTest {
                 assertEquals(ExecutionResult.OK.getExitCode(), statusCode);
             });
         });
+        final String absoluteSrcDir = Paths.get(SRC_DIR).toAbsolutePath().toString();
         assertEquals("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
                 + "<pmd-cpd>\n"
-                + "   <file path=\"/Users/jsotuyo/Documents/workspace/pmd/pmd-cli/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/files/dup1.java\"\n"
+                + "   <file path=\"" + absoluteSrcDir + "/dup1.java\"\n"
                 + "         totalNumberOfTokens=\"89\"/>\n"
-                + "   <file path=\"/Users/jsotuyo/Documents/workspace/pmd/pmd-cli/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/files/dup2.java\"\n"
+                + "   <file path=\"" + absoluteSrcDir + "/dup2.java\"\n"
                 + "         totalNumberOfTokens=\"89\"/>\n"
-                + "   <file path=\"/Users/jsotuyo/Documents/workspace/pmd/pmd-cli/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/files/file_with_ISO-8859-1_encoding.java\"\n"
+                + "   <file path=\"" + absoluteSrcDir + "/file_with_ISO-8859-1_encoding.java\"\n"
                 + "         totalNumberOfTokens=\"8\"/>\n"
-                + "   <file path=\"/Users/jsotuyo/Documents/workspace/pmd/pmd-cli/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/files/file_with_utf8_bom.java\"\n"
+                + "   <file path=\"" + absoluteSrcDir + "/file_with_utf8_bom.java\"\n"
                 + "         totalNumberOfTokens=\"9\"/>\n"
                 + "</pmd-cpd>", stdout.trim());
     }