diff --git a/server/test/medium.factory.ts b/server/test/medium.factory.ts
index cf863db2f0..53bf78b5b8 100644
--- a/server/test/medium.factory.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium.factory.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Insertable, Kysely } from 'kysely';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { createHash, randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
 import { Stats } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
 import { AssetFace } from 'src/database';
 import { AuthDto, LoginResponseDto } from 'src/dtos/auth.dto';
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ import { factory, newDate, newEmbedding, newUuid } from 'test/small.factory';
 import { automock, wait } from 'test/utils';
 import { Mocked } from 'vitest';
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/prefer-module
+export const testAssetsDir = resolve(__dirname, '../../e2e/test-assets');
+
 interface ClassConstructor<T = any> extends Function {
   new (...args: any[]): T;
 }
diff --git a/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-date-time.spec.ts b/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-date-time.spec.ts
index e46f17855e..3341800b30 100644
--- a/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-date-time.spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-date-time.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { DB } from 'src/schema';
-import { ExifTestContext } from 'test/medium.factory';
+import { ExifTestContext, testAssetsDir } from 'test/medium.factory';
 import { getKyselyDB } from 'test/utils';
 
 let database: Kysely<DB>;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const setup = async (testAssetPath: string) => {
   const ctx = new ExifTestContext(database);
 
   const { user } = await ctx.newUser();
-  const originalPath = resolve(`../e2e/test-assets/${testAssetPath}`);
+  const originalPath = resolve(testAssetsDir, testAssetPath);
   const { asset } = await ctx.newAsset({ ownerId: user.id, originalPath });
 
   return { ctx, sut: ctx.sut, asset };
diff --git a/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-gps.spec.ts b/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-gps.spec.ts
index 651321b599..91326be28c 100644
--- a/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-gps.spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-gps.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { DB } from 'src/schema';
-import { ExifTestContext } from 'test/medium.factory';
+import { ExifTestContext, testAssetsDir } from 'test/medium.factory';
 import { getKyselyDB } from 'test/utils';
 
 let database: Kysely<DB>;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const setup = async (testAssetPath: string) => {
   const ctx = new ExifTestContext(database);
 
   const { user } = await ctx.newUser();
-  const originalPath = resolve(`../e2e/test-assets/${testAssetPath}`);
+  const originalPath = resolve(testAssetsDir, testAssetPath);
   const { asset } = await ctx.newAsset({ ownerId: user.id, originalPath });
 
   return { ctx, sut: ctx.sut, asset };
diff --git a/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-tags.spec.ts b/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-tags.spec.ts
index 33a81d24b6..c65d4b3f7e 100644
--- a/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-tags.spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium/specs/exif/exif-tags.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { DB } from 'src/schema';
-import { ExifTestContext } from 'test/medium.factory';
+import { ExifTestContext, testAssetsDir } from 'test/medium.factory';
 import { getKyselyDB } from 'test/utils';
 
 let database: Kysely<DB>;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const setup = async (testAssetPath: string) => {
   const ctx = new ExifTestContext(database);
 
   const { user } = await ctx.newUser();
-  const originalPath = resolve(`../e2e/test-assets/${testAssetPath}`);
+  const originalPath = resolve(testAssetsDir, testAssetPath);
   const { asset } = await ctx.newAsset({ ownerId: user.id, originalPath });
 
   return { ctx, sut: ctx.sut, asset };