diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f0b80f69..937d17fb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.23 - 2026-03-10
+### Fixed
+- Fixed the Windows desktop managed-daemon smoke test to resolve repo paths correctly on GitHub Actions runners.
+
 ## 0.1.22 - 2026-03-10
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed the Windows desktop release runtime builder to package managed-runtime workspaces without relying on a fragile `npm pack` shell invocation in GitHub Actions.
diff --git a/packages/desktop/scripts/managed-daemon-smoke.mjs b/packages/desktop/scripts/managed-daemon-smoke.mjs
index 844fee2f7..1cacb8bce 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/scripts/managed-daemon-smoke.mjs
+++ b/packages/desktop/scripts/managed-daemon-smoke.mjs
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import net from "node:net";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import WebSocket from "ws";
 import { createClientChannel } from "@getpaseo/relay/e2ee";
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
-const repoRoot = path.resolve(new URL("../../..", import.meta.url).pathname);
+const repoRoot = fileURLToPath(new URL("../../..", import.meta.url));
 const desktopRoot = path.join(repoRoot, "packages", "desktop");
 const relayRoot = path.join(repoRoot, "packages", "relay");
 const desktopPackageJson = JSON.parse(