diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/run_qwen_offline_example.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/run_qwen_offline_example.sh
index 2c3079a74..f172bd61a 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/run_qwen_offline_example.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/run_qwen_offline_example.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+# Move to repo root (script lives in .buildkite/scripts/)
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)"
 cd "${ROOT_DIR}"
 
 python3 -m venv .venv