diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a978d99b6..1744681c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ New features and enhancements
 Internal changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * `sphinx-codeautolink` and `pygments` have been temporarily pinned due to breaking API changes. (:pull:`2030`).
+* Adjusted the ``TestOfficialYaml`` test to use a dynamic method for finding the installed location of `xclim`. (:pull:`2028`).
 
 v0.54.0 (2024-12-16)
 --------------------
diff --git a/tests/test_modules.py b/tests/test_modules.py
index 37f5cbfcf..ba1697b18 100644
--- a/tests/test_modules.py
+++ b/tests/test_modules.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from importlib.util import find_spec
 from inspect import _empty  # noqa
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ def test_validate(tmp_path):
 
 
 class TestOfficialYaml(yamale.YamaleTestCase):
-    base_dir = str(Path(__file__).parent.parent / "src" / "xclim" / "data")
+    base_dir = str(Path(find_spec("xclim").origin).parent.joinpath("data"))
     schema = "schema.yml"
     yaml = ["cf.yml", "anuclim.yml", "icclim.yml"]