diff --git a/examples/imagenet/train_test.py b/examples/imagenet/train_test.py
index 191ee3c80..1ed9170d7 100644
--- a/examples/imagenet/train_test.py
+++ b/examples/imagenet/train_test.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def test_train_and_evaluate(self, model):
     workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + '/.tfds/metadata'
 
     # Define training configuration
diff --git a/examples/lm1b/input_pipeline_test.py b/examples/lm1b/input_pipeline_test.py
index f964b0826..ce9331843 100644
--- a/examples/lm1b/input_pipeline_test.py
+++ b/examples/lm1b/input_pipeline_test.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def _get_datasets(self):
     vocab_path = os.path.join(tempfile.mkdtemp(), 'sentencepiece_model')
 
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + '/.tfds/metadata'  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
     with tfds.testing.mock_data(num_examples=128, data_dir=data_dir):
diff --git a/examples/lm1b/train_test.py b/examples/lm1b/train_test.py
index f506005ac..8db21ca67 100644
--- a/examples/lm1b/train_test.py
+++ b/examples/lm1b/train_test.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_train_and_evaluate(self):
     workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + '/.tfds/metadata'  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
     with tfds.testing.mock_data(num_examples=128, data_dir=data_dir):
diff --git a/examples/mnist/train_test.py b/examples/mnist/train_test.py
index fecc2f36c..b443a7fc4 100644
--- a/examples/mnist/train_test.py
+++ b/examples/mnist/train_test.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_train_and_evaluate(self):
     workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + "/.tfds/metadata"  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
     # Define training configuration.
diff --git a/examples/ogbg_molpcba/train_test.py b/examples/ogbg_molpcba/train_test.py
index e8200bf9d..c6f6fe1ad 100644
--- a/examples/ogbg_molpcba/train_test.py
+++ b/examples/ogbg_molpcba/train_test.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ def test_train_and_evaluate(self):
     workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + '/.tfds/metadata'  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
     # Get the test configuration.
diff --git a/examples/sst2/input_pipeline_test.py b/examples/sst2/input_pipeline_test.py
index 0b916aa5d..48de2f70c 100644
--- a/examples/sst2/input_pipeline_test.py
+++ b/examples/sst2/input_pipeline_test.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _get_vocab_path(self):
   def _get_dataset(self, vocab_path):
     """Uses mock data to create the dataset."""
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + '/.tfds/metadata'  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
     with tfds.testing.mock_data(num_examples=128, data_dir=data_dir):
       return input_pipeline.TextDataset(vocab_path=vocab_path, split='train')
diff --git a/examples/wmt/input_pipeline_test.py b/examples/wmt/input_pipeline_test.py
index 4657dda8d..68e71f586 100644
--- a/examples/wmt/input_pipeline_test.py
+++ b/examples/wmt/input_pipeline_test.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def _get_datasets(self):
     vocab_path = os.path.join(tempfile.mkdtemp(), 'sentencepiece_model')
 
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + '/.tfds/metadata'  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
     with tfds.testing.mock_data(num_examples=128, data_dir=data_dir):
diff --git a/examples/wmt/train_test.py b/examples/wmt/train_test.py
index 5b233e680..5a5f8ae66 100644
--- a/examples/wmt/train_test.py
+++ b/examples/wmt/train_test.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_train_and_evaluate(self):
     workdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 
     # Go two directories up to the root of the flax directory.
-    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2]
+    flax_root_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parents[2]
     data_dir = str(flax_root_dir) + '/.tfds/metadata'  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
 
     with tfds.testing.mock_data(num_examples=128, data_dir=data_dir):