diff --git a/taskfile/node_base.go b/taskfile/node_base.go
index 57650d1afa..355b25c202 100644
--- a/taskfile/node_base.go
+++ b/taskfile/node_base.go
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ type (
 	}
 )
 
-func NewBaseNode(opts ...NodeOption) *BaseNode {
+func NewBaseNode(dir string, opts ...NodeOption) *BaseNode {
 	node := &BaseNode{
 		parent:   nil,
 		optional: false,
-		dir:      "",
+		dir:      dir,
 	}
 
 	// Apply options
diff --git a/taskfile/node_file.go b/taskfile/node_file.go
index 94557e6e59..38af717b83 100644
--- a/taskfile/node_file.go
+++ b/taskfile/node_file.go
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ type FileNode struct {
 
 func NewFileNode(l *logger.Logger, entrypoint, dir string, opts ...NodeOption) (*FileNode, error) {
 	var err error
-	base := NewBaseNode(opts...)
-	entrypoint, dir, err = resolveFileNodeEntrypointAndDir(l, entrypoint, dir)
+	base := NewBaseNode(dir, opts...)
+	entrypoint, base.dir, err = resolveFileNodeEntrypointAndDir(l, entrypoint, base.dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	base.dir = dir
 	return &FileNode{
 		BaseNode:   base,
 		Entrypoint: entrypoint,
diff --git a/taskfile/node_http.go b/taskfile/node_http.go
index e32c4469e6..d7dce27b5c 100644
--- a/taskfile/node_http.go
+++ b/taskfile/node_http.go
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ type HTTPNode struct {
 }
 
 func NewHTTPNode(l *logger.Logger, entrypoint, dir string, insecure bool, opts ...NodeOption) (*HTTPNode, error) {
-	base := NewBaseNode(opts...)
-	base.dir = dir
+	base := NewBaseNode(dir, opts...)
 	url, err := url.Parse(entrypoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/taskfile/node_stdin.go b/taskfile/node_stdin.go
index aa0e7a06df..04282b1fa2 100644
--- a/taskfile/node_stdin.go
+++ b/taskfile/node_stdin.go
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ type StdinNode struct {
 }
 
 func NewStdinNode(dir string) (*StdinNode, error) {
-	base := NewBaseNode()
-	base.dir = dir
 	return &StdinNode{
-		BaseNode: base,
+		BaseNode: NewBaseNode(dir),
 	}, nil
 }