diff --git a/test/dev.js b/test/dev.js
index 6634ff3b9b..9785bb3d7d 100644
--- a/test/dev.js
+++ b/test/dev.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import minimist from 'minimist'
 import { nextDev } from 'next/dist/cli/next-dev.js'
-import { resolve } from 'path'
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 import { beforeTest } from './beforeTest.js'
 
+const _filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const _dirname = dirname(_filename)
+
 main()
 
 process.env.PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE = true
@@ -20,5 +24,5 @@ async function main() {
 
   beforeTest(testSuiteArg)
 
-  nextDev({ _: [resolve(__dirname, '..')], port: process.env.PORT || 3000 })
+  nextDev({ _: [resolve(_dirname, '..')], port: process.env.PORT || 3000 })
 }