diff --git a/tekton/publish.yaml b/tekton/publish.yaml
index 3c7d4320b46..cfdf038fef1 100644
--- a/tekton/publish.yaml
+++ b/tekton/publish.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ spec:
       #!/bin/sh
       set -ex
 
+      cd ${PROJECT_ROOT}
+
       # Combine Distroless with a Windows base image, used for the entrypoint image.
       COMBINED_BASE_IMAGE=$(go run ./vendor/github.com/tektoncd/plumbing/cmd/combine/main.go \
         gcr.io/distroless/base:debug-nonroot \