diff --git a/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs b/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs
index 2bf2701f23bf45462e6b8b0e28e4560a72615c1e..d3bf1f28e52ff13cd508132e0578e7bb1dcca896 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/integration_tests.rs
@@ -5987,6 +5987,13 @@ async fn test_random_collaboration(
                                 guest_client.username,
                                 id
                             );
+                            assert_eq!(
+                                guest_snapshot.abs_path(),
+                                host_snapshot.abs_path(),
+                                "{} has different abs path than the host for worktree {}",
+                                guest_client.username,
+                                id
+                            );
                             assert_eq!(
                                 guest_snapshot.entries(false).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
                                 host_snapshot.entries(false).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
diff --git a/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs b/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs
index 9fd9bef825e0176dc7db6ab71244a40b2272e191..3a92c3ef14745460067ead4051d96c5756e14a51 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/rpc.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ use std::{
     marker::PhantomData,
     net::SocketAddr,
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
-    os::unix::prelude::OsStrExt,
     rc::Rc,
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering::SeqCst},
@@ -1024,7 +1023,7 @@ impl Server {
                 id: *id,
                 root_name: worktree.root_name.clone(),
                 visible: worktree.visible,
-                abs_path: worktree.abs_path.as_os_str().as_bytes().to_vec(),
+                abs_path: worktree.abs_path.clone(),
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
@@ -1075,7 +1074,7 @@ impl Server {
             let message = proto::UpdateWorktree {
                 project_id: project_id.to_proto(),
                 worktree_id: *worktree_id,
-                abs_path: worktree.abs_path.as_os_str().as_bytes().to_vec(),
+                abs_path: worktree.abs_path.clone(),
                 root_name: worktree.root_name.clone(),
                 updated_entries: worktree.entries.values().cloned().collect(),
                 removed_entries: Default::default(),
@@ -1195,6 +1194,7 @@ impl Server {
             project_id,
             worktree_id,
             &request.payload.root_name,
+            &request.payload.abs_path,
             &request.payload.removed_entries,
             &request.payload.updated_entries,
             request.payload.scan_id,
diff --git a/crates/collab/src/rpc/store.rs b/crates/collab/src/rpc/store.rs
index c9358ddc2a356e3f1c3e624f1851d955287c840c..8306978c9c4465453b73d9626e148ee1384c3e20 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/rpc/store.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/rpc/store.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub struct Collaborator {
 
 #[derive(Default, Serialize)]
 pub struct Worktree {
-    pub abs_path: PathBuf,
+    pub abs_path: Vec<u8>,
     pub root_name: String,
     pub visible: bool,
     #[serde(skip)]
@@ -773,7 +773,11 @@ impl Store {
                             Worktree {
                                 root_name: worktree.root_name,
                                 visible: worktree.visible,
-                                ..Default::default()
+                                abs_path: worktree.abs_path.clone(),
+                                entries: Default::default(),
+                                diagnostic_summaries: Default::default(),
+                                scan_id: Default::default(),
+                                is_complete: Default::default(),
                             },
                         )
                     })
@@ -852,7 +856,11 @@ impl Store {
                         Worktree {
                             root_name: worktree.root_name.clone(),
                             visible: worktree.visible,
-                            ..Default::default()
+                            abs_path: worktree.abs_path.clone(),
+                            entries: Default::default(),
+                            diagnostic_summaries: Default::default(),
+                            scan_id: Default::default(),
+                            is_complete: false,
                         },
                     );
                 }
@@ -1006,6 +1014,7 @@ impl Store {
         project_id: ProjectId,
         worktree_id: u64,
         worktree_root_name: &str,
+        worktree_abs_path: &[u8],
         removed_entries: &[u64],
         updated_entries: &[proto::Entry],
         scan_id: u64,
@@ -1016,6 +1025,7 @@ impl Store {
         let connection_ids = project.connection_ids();
         let mut worktree = project.worktrees.entry(worktree_id).or_default();
         worktree.root_name = worktree_root_name.to_string();
+        worktree.abs_path = worktree_abs_path.to_vec();
 
         for entry_id in removed_entries {
             worktree.entries.remove(entry_id);
diff --git a/crates/project/src/worktree.rs b/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
index db8fb8e3ff8e4cea90a33c805311d4032302a890..055aa0670631f04caf269eccb7c343b31114f92e 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/worktree.rs
@@ -1179,6 +1179,10 @@ impl Snapshot {
         self.id
     }
 
+    pub fn abs_path(&self) -> &Arc<Path> {
+        &self.abs_path
+    }
+
     pub fn contains_entry(&self, entry_id: ProjectEntryId) -> bool {
         self.entries_by_id.get(&entry_id, &()).is_some()
     }
@@ -1370,10 +1374,6 @@ impl Snapshot {
 }
 
 impl LocalSnapshot {
-    pub fn abs_path(&self) -> &Arc<Path> {
-        &self.abs_path
-    }
-
     pub fn extension_counts(&self) -> &HashMap<OsString, usize> {
         &self.extension_counts
     }