diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7363f8fec..f5ebd2167 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ ENV PYTHONPATH /semantic-release
 COPY . /semantic-release
 
 RUN cd /semantic-release && \
-    python -m venv .venv && \
-    .venv/bin/pip install .
+    python -m venv /semantic-release/.venv && \
+    /semantic-release/.venv/bin/pip install .
 
-RUN .venv/bin/python -m semantic_release.cli --help
+RUN /semantic-release/.venv/bin/python -m semantic_release.cli --help
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/semantic-release/action.sh"]
diff --git a/action.sh b/action.sh
index 794355f15..09afa413d 100755
--- a/action.sh
+++ b/action.sh
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ git config --global user.name "github-actions"
 git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
 
 # Run Semantic Release
-../.venv/bin/python -m semantic_release publish -v DEBUG \
+/semantic-release/.venv/bin/python -m semantic_release publish -v DEBUG \
   -D commit_author="github-actions <action@github.com>"