diff --git a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/filepicker/filepicker_test.go b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/filepicker/filepicker_test.go
index 9c4501379f36eefe39345fe0e77f22be60a513d6..45e04b9da9e7af0e04e62c538375f4ebe7fc0a1e 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/dialogs/filepicker/filepicker_test.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/dialogs/filepicker/filepicker_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package filepicker
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"testing/fstest"
 
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ import (
 
 var pngMagicNumberData = []byte("\x89PNG\x0D\x0A\x1A\x0A")
 
+func makePathCanonical(p string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(p, "/", string(filepath.Separator))
+}
+
 func TestOnPasteMockFSWithValidPath(t *testing.T) {
 	var mockedFSPath string
 	resolveTestFS := func(fsysPath string) fs.FS {
@@ -29,10 +35,10 @@ func TestOnPasteMockFSWithValidPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Test with the first file
-	cmd := onPaste(resolveTestFS, "/home/testuser/images/image1.png")
+	cmd := onPaste(resolveTestFS, makePathCanonical("/home/testuser/images/image1.png"))
 	msg := cmd()
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "/home/testuser/images", mockedFSPath)
+	assert.Equal(t, makePathCanonical("/home/testuser/images"), mockedFSPath)
 	filePickedMsg, ok := msg.(FilePickedMsg)
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	require.NotNil(t, filePickedMsg)
@@ -55,12 +61,12 @@ func TestOnPasteMockFSWithInvalidPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Test with the first file
-	cmd, ok := onPaste(resolveTestFS, "/home/testuser/images/nonexistent.png")().(tea.Cmd)
+	cmd, ok := onPaste(resolveTestFS, makePathCanonical("/home/testuser/images/nonexistent.png"))().(tea.Cmd)
 	require.True(t, ok)
 
 	msg := cmd()
 
-	assert.Equal(t, "/home/testuser/images", mockedFSPath)
+	assert.Equal(t, makePathCanonical("/home/testuser/images"), mockedFSPath)
 	fmt.Printf("TYPE: %T\n", msg)
 	infoErrMsg, ok := msg.(util.InfoMsg)
 	require.True(t, ok)
@@ -68,6 +74,6 @@ func TestOnPasteMockFSWithInvalidPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, util.InfoMsg{
 		Type: util.InfoTypeError,
-		Msg:  "unable to read the image: error getting file info: open nonexistent.png: file does not exist, /home/testuser/images/nonexistent.png",
+		Msg:  "unable to read the image: error getting file info: open nonexistent.png: file does not exist, " + makePathCanonical("/home/testuser/images/nonexistent.png"),
 	}, infoErrMsg)
 }