diff --git a/tests/functional/test_vcs_git.py b/tests/functional/test_vcs_git.py
index ab7ff3d4160..8dd0ffcd99f 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_vcs_git.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_vcs_git.py
@@ -257,20 +257,20 @@ def test_resolve_commit_not_on_branch(script, tmp_path):
     repo_file = repo_path / "file.txt"
     clone_path = repo_path / "clone"
     repo_path.mkdir()
-    script.run("git", "init", cwd=repo_path)
-    repo_file.write_text(".")
-    script.run("git", "add", "file.txt", cwd=repo_path)
-    script.run("git", "commit", "-m", "initial commit", cwd=repo_path)
-    script.run("git", "checkout", "-b", "abranch", cwd=repo_path)
+    script.run("git", "init", cwd=str(repo_path))
+    repo_file.write_text(u".")
+    script.run("git", "add", "file.txt", cwd=str(repo_path))
+    script.run("git", "commit", "-m", "initial commit", cwd=str(repo_path))
+    script.run("git", "checkout", "-b", "abranch", cwd=str(repo_path))
     # create a commit
-    repo_file.write_text("..")
-    script.run("git", "commit", "-a", "-m", "commit 1", cwd=repo_path)
+    repo_file.write_text(u"..")
+    script.run("git", "commit", "-a", "-m", "commit 1", cwd=str(repo_path))
     commit = script.run(
-        "git", "rev-parse", "HEAD", cwd=repo_path
+        "git", "rev-parse", "HEAD", cwd=str(repo_path)
     ).stdout.strip()
     # make sure our commit is not on a branch
-    script.run("git", "checkout", "master", cwd=repo_path)
-    script.run("git", "branch", "-D", "abranch", cwd=repo_path)
+    script.run("git", "checkout", "master", cwd=str(repo_path))
+    script.run("git", "branch", "-D", "abranch", cwd=str(repo_path))
     # create a ref that points to our commit
     (repo_path / ".git" / "refs" / "myrefs").mkdir(parents=True)
     (repo_path / ".git" / "refs" / "myrefs" / "myref").write_text(commit)