diff --git a/src/lib/actions/uninstall/hermes-forward-watcher-installer.test.ts b/src/lib/actions/uninstall/hermes-forward-watcher-installer.test.ts
index 9038bfb1540..c9435b4d07d 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions/uninstall/hermes-forward-watcher-installer.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions/uninstall/hermes-forward-watcher-installer.test.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ exec ${JSON.stringify(process.execPath)} "$@"
       );
 
       expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
-      expect(fs.readFileSync(watcherLog, "utf-8").trim()).toBe(openshell);
+      const watcherOpenshell = fs.readFileSync(watcherLog, "utf-8").trim();
+      expect(path.isAbsolute(watcherOpenshell)).toBe(true);
+      expect(fs.realpathSync(watcherOpenshell)).toBe(fs.realpathSync(openshell));
     } finally {
       fs.rmSync(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
     }