diff --git a/helpers/bumper.py b/helpers/bumper.py
index 1d0e78142..229dc0f49 100755
--- a/helpers/bumper.py
+++ b/helpers/bumper.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import fileinput
 
-os.chdir('../')
+os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 
 versions = {
     5: '5.6.16',
diff --git a/helpers/release.py b/helpers/release.py
index 713c3c9ca..264b23ddc 100644
--- a/helpers/release.py
+++ b/helpers/release.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import yaml
 
-os.chdir('..')
+os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 
 bucket = 'gs://' + os.environ['GCS_BUCKET']