diff --git a/.ci/read-vpa-version.sh b/.ci/read-vpa-version.sh
index 09c5cb6b4de6..b144dbc1ee1c 100755
--- a/.ci/read-vpa-version.sh
+++ b/.ci/read-vpa-version.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-cat ../vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go | grep 'const VerticalPodAutoscalerVersion' | cut -d " " -f 4 | tr -d '"'
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+src_dir=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${0}")/..")
+
+cat ${src_dir}/vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go | grep 'const VerticalPodAutoscalerVersion' | cut -d " " -f 4 | tr -d '"'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci/write-vpa-version.sh b/.ci/write-vpa-version.sh
index f5fe4d3cd005..e6269935b1cb 100755
--- a/.ci/write-vpa-version.sh
+++ b/.ci/write-vpa-version.sh
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+src_dir="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${0}")/..")"
 new_version=$(cat -)
-sed -i s/'^\(const VerticalPodAutoscalerVersion = "\).*"'/\\1${new_version}'"'/ vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go
\ No newline at end of file
+sed -i s/'^\(const VerticalPodAutoscalerVersion = "\).*"'/\\1${new_version}'"'/ ${src_dir}/vertical-pod-autoscaler/common/version.go
\ No newline at end of file