diff --git a/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites.go b/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites.go
index 4cbae24d931..bdbaf8a1c6d 100644
--- a/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites.go
+++ b/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites.go
@@ -100,11 +100,14 @@ func readSuites(f fs.FS, files []string, originalPath string) ([]*Suite, error)
 		if suite != nil {
 			suite.AbsolutePath = file
 
-			// trim any prefixes like "/" or "./" in order for the
+			// trim any prefixes like "/", "./" or "../" in order for the
 			// .Cut call below to actually work with the absolute path
 			// contained in the file var.
 			cutPath := strings.TrimPrefix(originalPath, "/")
 			cutPath = strings.TrimPrefix(cutPath, "./")
+			for strings.HasPrefix(cutPath, "../") {
+				cutPath = strings.TrimPrefix(cutPath, "../")
+			}
 
 			_, after, found := strings.Cut(file, cutPath)
 			if !found {
diff --git a/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites_test.go b/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites_test.go
index a02bcaccb39..e0943932034 100644
--- a/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gator/verify/read_suites_test.go
@@ -75,9 +75,41 @@ apiVersion: test.gatekeeper.sh/v1alpha1
 			want:    []*Suite{{AbsolutePath: "test.yaml"}},
 			wantErr: nil,
 		},
+		{
+			name:         "single target absolute path",
+			target:       "test.yaml",
+			originalPath: "/test.yaml",
+			recursive:    false,
+			fileSystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"test.yaml": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: []byte(`
+kind: Suite
+apiVersion: test.gatekeeper.sh/v1alpha1
+`),
+				},
+			},
+			want:    []*Suite{{AbsolutePath: "test.yaml", InputPath: "/test.yaml"}},
+			wantErr: nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name:         "single target relative path",
 			target:       "test.yaml",
+			originalPath: "test.yaml",
+			recursive:    false,
+			fileSystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"test.yaml": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: []byte(`
+kind: Suite
+apiVersion: test.gatekeeper.sh/v1alpha1
+`),
+				},
+			},
+			want:    []*Suite{{AbsolutePath: "test.yaml", InputPath: "test.yaml"}},
+			wantErr: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "single target relative path ./",
+			target:       "test.yaml",
 			originalPath: "./test.yaml",
 			recursive:    false,
 			fileSystem: fstest.MapFS{
@@ -91,6 +123,38 @@ apiVersion: test.gatekeeper.sh/v1alpha1
 			want:    []*Suite{{AbsolutePath: "test.yaml", InputPath: "./test.yaml"}},
 			wantErr: nil,
 		},
+		{
+			name:         "single target relative path ../",
+			target:       "test.yaml",
+			originalPath: "../test.yaml",
+			recursive:    false,
+			fileSystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"test.yaml": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: []byte(`
+kind: Suite
+apiVersion: test.gatekeeper.sh/v1alpha1
+`),
+				},
+			},
+			want:    []*Suite{{AbsolutePath: "test.yaml", InputPath: "../test.yaml"}},
+			wantErr: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "single target relative path ../../",
+			target:       "test.yaml",
+			originalPath: "../../test.yaml",
+			recursive:    false,
+			fileSystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"test.yaml": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: []byte(`
+kind: Suite
+apiVersion: test.gatekeeper.sh/v1alpha1
+`),
+				},
+			},
+			want:    []*Suite{{AbsolutePath: "test.yaml", InputPath: "../../test.yaml"}},
+			wantErr: nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name:      "invalid filepath",
 			target:    "test/../test/test.yaml",