diff --git a/sql/connect/server/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/pipelines/EndToEndAPISuite.scala b/sql/connect/server/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/pipelines/EndToEndAPISuite.scala
index 55b8a315df570..f674b45bb072d 100644
--- a/sql/connect/server/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/pipelines/EndToEndAPISuite.scala
+++ b/sql/connect/server/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connect/pipelines/EndToEndAPISuite.scala
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class EndToEndAPISuite extends PipelineTest with APITest with SparkConnectServer
       |name: test-pipeline
       |${spec.catalog.map(catalog => s"""catalog: "$catalog"""").getOrElse("")}
       |${spec.database.map(database => s"""database: "$database"""").getOrElse("")}
-      |storage: "${projectDir.resolve("storage").toAbsolutePath}"
+      |storage: "file://${projectDir.resolve("storage").toAbsolutePath}"
       |configuration:
       |  "spark.remote": "sc://localhost:$serverPort"
       |libraries: