diff --git a/.cspell.json b/.cspell.json
index 617da5458d3..3165b634b35 100644
--- a/.cspell.json
+++ b/.cspell.json
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
         "pacote",
         "paren",
         "pbab",
+        "pfiaux",
         "pify",
         "punycode",
         "pushexample",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 144282df6e9..62750210ed2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Note: Can be used with `oxsecurity/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-l
 - Fix rstcheck options & install
 - Deprecate SCSS LINT as not maintained anymore (<https://github.com/sds/scss-lint#notice-consider-other-tools-before-adopting-scss-lint>)
 - Replace `https://megalinter.io/flavors` with `https://megalinter.io/latest/flavors` to avoid lychee 404 error
+- Fix [v7 issue when using MEGALINTER_FILES_TO_LINT](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/issues/2744) ( thanks @pfiaux !)
 
 - Linter versions upgrades
   - [mypy](https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) from 1.4.1 to **1.5.0** on 2023-08-11
diff --git a/megalinter/MegaLinter.py b/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
index 8bcb894d5e7..7a4a50f3d1f 100644
--- a/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
+++ b/megalinter/MegaLinter.py
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ def collect_files(self):
             all_files = list()
             for file_to_lint in files_to_lint:
                 if os.path.isfile(self.workspace + os.path.sep + file_to_lint):
-                    all_files += [self.workspace + os.path.sep + file_to_lint]
+                    all_files += [file_to_lint]
                 else:
                     logging.warning(
                         "[File listing] Input file "