diff --git a/java/gandiva/README.md b/java/gandiva/README.md
index 22a292eaff028..46f90b3422012 100644
--- a/java/gandiva/README.md
+++ b/java/gandiva/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ install:
 ## Building and running tests
 
 ```
-cd java
+cd java/gandiva
 mvn install -Dgandiva.cpp.build.dir=<path_to_cpp_artifact_directory>
 ```