diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.test.ts
index 1635995b9e..a77c7978da 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/dir.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ import { DirectoryPreparer } from './dir';
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { checkoutGitRepository } from './helpers';
 
+function normalizePath(path: string) {
+  return path
+    .replace(/^[a-z]:/i, '')
+    .split('\\')
+    .join('/');
+}
+
 jest.mock('./helpers', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual<{}>('./helpers'),
   checkoutGitRepository: jest.fn(() => '/tmp/backstage-repo/org/name/branch/'),
@@ -47,7 +54,7 @@ describe('directory preparer', () => {
       'backstage.io/techdocs-ref': 'dir:./our-documentation',
     });
 
-    expect(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity)).toEqual(
+    expect(normalizePath(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity))).toEqual(
       '/directory/our-documentation',
     );
   });
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ describe('directory preparer', () => {
       'backstage.io/techdocs-ref': 'dir:/our-documentation/techdocs',
     });
 
-    expect(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity)).toEqual(
+    expect(normalizePath(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity))).toEqual(
       '/our-documentation/techdocs',
     );
   });
@@ -75,7 +82,7 @@ describe('directory preparer', () => {
       'backstage.io/techdocs-ref': 'dir:./docs',
     });
 
-    expect(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity)).toEqual(
+    expect(normalizePath(await directoryPreparer.prepare(mockEntity))).toEqual(
       '/tmp/backstage-repo/org/name/branch/docs',
     );
     expect(checkoutGitRepository).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/github.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/github.test.ts
index 99a7d3bb5c..b78203d766 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/github.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/prepare/github.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { GithubPreparer } from './github';
 import { checkoutGithubRepository } from './helpers';
 
+function normalizePath(path: string) {
+  return path
+    .replace(/^[a-z]:/i, '')
+    .split('\\')
+    .join('/');
+}
+
 jest.mock('./helpers', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual<{}>('./helpers'),
   checkoutGithubRepository: jest.fn(
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ describe('github preparer', () => {
 
     const tempDocsPath = await preparer.prepare(mockEntity);
     expect(checkoutGithubRepository).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(tempDocsPath).toEqual(
+    expect(normalizePath(tempDocsPath)).toEqual(
       '/tmp/backstage-repo/org/name/branch/plugins/techdocs-backend/examples/documented-component',
     );
   });