diff --git a/airflow/providers/ftp/hooks/ftp.py b/airflow/providers/ftp/hooks/ftp.py
index aea5441557de3..1935a698638a5 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/ftp/hooks/ftp.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/ftp/hooks/ftp.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 import datetime
 import ftplib
-import os
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
 from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
@@ -77,9 +76,7 @@ def describe_directory(self, path: str) -> dict:
         :param path: full path to the remote directory
         """
         conn = self.get_conn()
-        conn.cwd(path)
-        files = dict(conn.mlsd())
-        return files
+        return dict(conn.mlsd(path))
 
     def list_directory(self, path: str) -> list[str]:
         """
@@ -88,10 +85,7 @@ def list_directory(self, path: str) -> list[str]:
         :param path: full path to the remote directory to list
         """
         conn = self.get_conn()
-        conn.cwd(path)
-
-        files = conn.nlst()
-        return files
+        return conn.nlst(path)
 
     def create_directory(self, path: str) -> None:
         """
@@ -181,10 +175,8 @@ def write_to_file_with_progress(data):
 
             callback = output_handle.write
 
-        remote_path, remote_file_name = os.path.split(remote_full_path)
-        conn.cwd(remote_path)
         self.log.info("Retrieving file from FTP: %s", remote_full_path)
-        conn.retrbinary(f"RETR {remote_file_name}", callback, block_size)
+        conn.retrbinary(f"RETR {remote_full_path}", callback, block_size)
         self.log.info("Finished retrieving file from FTP: %s", remote_full_path)
 
         if is_path and output_handle:
@@ -213,9 +205,8 @@ def store_file(
             input_handle = open(local_full_path_or_buffer, "rb")
         else:
             input_handle = local_full_path_or_buffer
-        remote_path, remote_file_name = os.path.split(remote_full_path)
-        conn.cwd(remote_path)
-        conn.storbinary(f"STOR {remote_file_name}", input_handle, block_size)
+
+        conn.storbinary(f"STOR {remote_full_path}", input_handle, block_size)
 
         if is_path:
             input_handle.close()
diff --git a/tests/providers/ftp/hooks/test_ftp.py b/tests/providers/ftp/hooks/test_ftp.py
index bdd5c0d90c29c..2f4239b24374a 100644
--- a/tests/providers/ftp/hooks/test_ftp.py
+++ b/tests/providers/ftp/hooks/test_ftp.py
@@ -47,12 +47,17 @@ def test_close_conn(self):
 
         self.conn_mock.quit.assert_called_once_with()
 
+    def test_describe_directory(self):
+        with fh.FTPHook() as ftp_hook:
+            ftp_hook.describe_directory(self.path)
+
+        self.conn_mock.mlsd.assert_called_once_with(self.path)
+
     def test_list_directory(self):
         with fh.FTPHook() as ftp_hook:
             ftp_hook.list_directory(self.path)
 
-        self.conn_mock.cwd.assert_called_once_with(self.path)
-        self.conn_mock.nlst.assert_called_once_with()
+        self.conn_mock.nlst.assert_called_once_with(self.path)
 
     def test_create_directory(self):
         with fh.FTPHook() as ftp_hook:
@@ -112,14 +117,14 @@ def test_retrieve_file(self):
         _buffer = StringIO("buffer")
         with fh.FTPHook() as ftp_hook:
             ftp_hook.retrieve_file(self.path, _buffer)
-        self.conn_mock.retrbinary.assert_called_once_with("RETR path", _buffer.write, 8192)
+        self.conn_mock.retrbinary.assert_called_once_with("RETR /some/path", _buffer.write, 8192)
 
     def test_retrieve_file_with_callback(self):
         func = mock.Mock()
         _buffer = StringIO("buffer")
         with fh.FTPHook() as ftp_hook:
             ftp_hook.retrieve_file(self.path, _buffer, callback=func)
-        self.conn_mock.retrbinary.assert_called_once_with("RETR path", func, 8192)
+        self.conn_mock.retrbinary.assert_called_once_with("RETR /some/path", func, 8192)
 
     def test_connection_success(self):
         with fh.FTPHook() as ftp_hook: