diff --git a/pytests/iroha_cli_tests/src/iroha_cli/iroha_cli.py b/pytests/iroha_cli_tests/src/iroha_cli/iroha_cli.py
index a938328e06..7f24014bf7 100644
--- a/pytests/iroha_cli_tests/src/iroha_cli/iroha_cli.py
+++ b/pytests/iroha_cli_tests/src/iroha_cli/iroha_cli.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import allure  # type: ignore
 
 from ...common.helpers import extract_hash, read_isi_from_json, write_isi_to_json
-from ...common.settings import IROHA_CLI_BINARY, ISI_PATH, IROHA_CLI_CONFIG, ROOT_DIR
+from ...common.settings import IROHA_CLI_BINARY, ISI_PATH, IROHA_CLI_CONFIG, BASE_DIR
 from .configuration import Config
 
 
@@ -273,12 +273,9 @@ def _read_and_update_json(self, template_filename, changes=None):
         :rtype: str
         """
         json_template_path = (
-            Path(ROOT_DIR)
-            / "pytests"
-            / "iroha_cli_tests"
-            / "common"
-            / "json_isi_examples"
-            / template_filename
+                Path("common")
+                / "json_isi_examples"
+                / template_filename
         )
         data = read_isi_from_json(str(json_template_path))