diff --git a/src/poetry/utils/env.py b/src/poetry/utils/env.py
index 71beac9732b..6c7e60deb34 100644
--- a/src/poetry/utils/env.py
+++ b/src/poetry/utils/env.py
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ def get_base_prefix(cls) -> Path:
     def generate_env_name(cls, name: str, cwd: str) -> str:
         name = name.lower()
         sanitized_name = re.sub(r'[ $`!*@"\\\r\n\t]', "_", name)[:42]
-        normalized_cwd = os.path.realpath(os.path.normcase(cwd))
+        normalized_cwd = os.path.normcase(os.path.realpath(cwd))
         h_bytes = hashlib.sha256(encode(normalized_cwd)).digest()
         h_str = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(h_bytes).decode()[:8]