diff --git a/syft/internal/fileresolver/unindexed_directory_test.go b/syft/internal/fileresolver/unindexed_directory_test.go
index ec81e1e78763..55565f59fa57 100644
--- a/syft/internal/fileresolver/unindexed_directory_test.go
+++ b/syft/internal/fileresolver/unindexed_directory_test.go
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ func Test_UnindexedDirectoryResolver_RelativeFileByPath(t *testing.T) {
 			name:       "should find nested file from root",
 			root:       "./test-fixtures/image-simple",
 			searchFile: "target/really/nested/file-3.txt",
-			expected:   strset.New("file-3.txt"),
+			expected:   strset.New("target/really/nested/file-3.txt"),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, c := range cases {