diff --git a/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js b/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js
index ea18828..0148358 100644
--- a/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js
+++ b/src/installSpecifyingVersionSemantic.task.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = async () => {
   }
 
   const {stdout, stderr} = await exec(`npm install semantic-release@${semantic_version}`, {
-    cwd: path.resolve(__dirname)
+    cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
   });
   core.debug(stdout);
 
diff --git a/src/preInstallPlugins.task.js b/src/preInstallPlugins.task.js
index 686fbb3..7ea9c63 100644
--- a/src/preInstallPlugins.task.js
+++ b/src/preInstallPlugins.task.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = async () => {
     .replace(/[\n\r]/g, ' ');
 
   const {stdout, stderr} = await exec(`npm install ${_extraPlugins}`, {
-    cwd: path.resolve(__dirname)
+    cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
   });
   core.debug(stdout);