diff --git a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/expect/screenshot.ts b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/expect/screenshot.ts
index 37726fd958..6a4fadf0dc 100644
--- a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/expect/screenshot.ts
+++ b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/expect/screenshot.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ export const expect = baseExpect.extend<Expectations>({
         testInfo.annotations.push({
             // `_` prefix hides it from the HTML reporter
             type: "_screenshot",
-            // include a path relative to `playwright/snapshots/`
-            description: testInfo.snapshotPath(screenshotName).split("/playwright/snapshots/", 2)[1],
+            description: testInfo.snapshotPath(screenshotName),
         });
 
         return { pass: true, message: (): string => "", name: "toMatchScreenshot" };
diff --git a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/stale-screenshot-reporter.ts b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/stale-screenshot-reporter.ts
index 7e2ab5b438..3814daa322 100644
--- a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/stale-screenshot-reporter.ts
+++ b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/stale-screenshot-reporter.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
  */
 
 import { glob } from "glob";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { type Reporter, type TestCase } from "@playwright/test/reporter";
 import { type FullConfig } from "@playwright/test";
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class StaleScreenshotReporter implements Reporter {
         for (const snapshotRoot of this.snapshotRoots) {
             const files = await glob(`**/*.png`, { cwd: snapshotRoot });
             for (const file of files) {
-                screenshotFiles.add(file);
+                screenshotFiles.add(path.join(snapshotRoot, file));
             }
         }