diff --git a/static-code-analysis.yml b/static-code-analysis.yml
index c5e3f8d3da3abedb8f1b263bb92bb95b872f30b4..b1cf10e4cb7675d449d583398ffaec78e23db453 100644
--- a/static-code-analysis.yml
+++ b/static-code-analysis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   RUN_FLAWFINDER: "flawfinder --falsepositive -m 4"
   RUN_CPPCHECK: "cppcheck --enable=all --check-config --error-exitcode=1"
-  RUN_CPD: "/home/user/pmd-bin-6.19.0/bin/run.sh cpd --minimum-tokens 100 --language c --exclude test/cmocka --files"
+  RUN_CPD: "/home/user/pmd-bin-6.19.0/bin/run.sh cpd --minimum-tokens 100 --language c --exclude ./test/cmocka --files"
   SOURCE_FOLDER: "src"
   COMMON_IMAGE: "iopsys/code-analysis:0.9"
   DEBUG: "FALSE"