diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/test_simplification_regression.py b/tests/unit/cli/test_simplification_regression.py
index c9d2bab..0a7df21 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/test_simplification_regression.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/test_simplification_regression.py
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ def test_all_sim102_fixes_applied(self):
         import subprocess
         import sys
 
+        first_ccbt_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent.parent
+
         result = subprocess.run(
             [
                 sys.executable, "-m", "ruff", "check",
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ def test_all_sim102_fixes_applied(self):
             ],
             check=False, capture_output=True,
             text=True,
-            cwd=Path.cwd(),
+            cwd=first_ccbt_dir,
         )
 
         # Should have no errors (all fixes applied)
@@ -257,6 +259,9 @@ def test_all_sim105_fixes_applied(self):
         import subprocess
         import sys
 
+        first_ccbt_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent.parent
+
+
         result = subprocess.run(
             [
                 sys.executable, "-m", "ruff", "check",
@@ -267,7 +272,7 @@ def test_all_sim105_fixes_applied(self):
             ],
             check=False, capture_output=True,
             text=True,
-            cwd=Path.cwd(),
+            cwd=first_ccbt_dir,
         )
 
         # Should have no errors (all fixes applied)
diff --git a/tests/unit/performance/test_benchmark_ci_tools.py b/tests/unit/performance/test_benchmark_ci_tools.py
index bf59426..ac28845 100644
--- a/tests/unit/performance/test_benchmark_ci_tools.py
+++ b/tests/unit/performance/test_benchmark_ci_tools.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import importlib.util
 import json
+from functools import wraps
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Callable
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -16,6 +18,17 @@
 )
 
 
+def place_in_cwdr(func : Callable ) -> Callable :
+    """Places the tests in the current working directory reguardless of where the tests run from."""
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(* args: Any, **kwargs: Any)-> Any:
+        base_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
+        with contextlib.chdir(base_dir):
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+    return wrapper
+
+
+
 def _load_script_module(module_name: str, path: Path):
     spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, str(path))
     module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
@@ -26,6 +39,7 @@ def _load_script_module(module_name: str, path: Path):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+@place_in_cwdr
 def benchmark_compare_module() -> Any:
     """Loaded ``dev/scripts/compare_benchmark_json.py`` module."""
     path = Path("dev/scripts/compare_benchmark_json.py").resolve()
@@ -33,6 +47,7 @@ def benchmark_compare_module() -> Any:
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+@place_in_cwdr
 def benchmark_render_module() -> Any:
     """Loaded ``dev/scripts/render_benchmark_docs.py`` module."""
     path = Path("dev/scripts/render_benchmark_docs.py").resolve()
@@ -43,7 +58,7 @@ def _load_fixture(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
     with path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         return json.load(f)
 
-
+@place_in_cwdr
 def test_compare_payloads_marks_regressions(benchmark_compare_module) -> None:
     """Head elapsed mean worse than baseline is flagged as regression."""
     base_payload = _load_fixture(
@@ -72,7 +87,7 @@ def test_compare_payloads_marks_regressions(benchmark_compare_module) -> None:
     assert comparison["comparisons"][0]["benchmark"] == "hash_verify"
     assert comparison["comparisons"][0]["metric"] == "elapsed"
 
-
+@place_in_cwdr
 def test_compare_payloads_identifies_improvement(benchmark_compare_module) -> None:
     """Higher throughput beyond threshold is flagged as improved."""
     base_payload = _load_fixture(
@@ -99,7 +114,7 @@ def test_compare_payloads_identifies_improvement(benchmark_compare_module) -> No
     assert comparison["comparisons"][0]["status"] == "improved"
     assert comparison["comparisons"][0]["metric"] == "throughput"
 
-
+@place_in_cwdr
 def test_render_latest_and_history_flow(
     tmp_path: Path, benchmark_render_module
 ) -> None:
@@ -148,7 +163,7 @@ def test_flatten_numeric_samples_nested_lists() -> None:
         4.0,
     ]
 
-
+@place_in_cwdr
 def test_benchmark_scripts_validate() -> None:
     """Benchmark runner scripts must compile before CI executes them."""
     validate_module = _load_script_module(
@@ -157,7 +172,7 @@ def test_benchmark_scripts_validate() -> None:
     )
     assert validate_module.validate_benchmark_scripts() == []
 
-
+@place_in_cwdr
 def test_run_benchmark_suite_legacy_fallback(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     """Older benchmark CLIs without --json-out still produce normalized artifacts."""
     import sys
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_package_init.py b/tests/unit/test_package_init.py
index 0bf2cb2..00a4cbc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_package_init.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_package_init.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def test_version(self):
         import ccbt
 
         # Version is defined in ccbt/__init__.py and pyproject.toml
-        assert ccbt.__version__ == "0.0.1"
+        assert ccbt.__version__ == "0.1.0"
 
     def test_imports_work(self):
         """Test that main imports work."""
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def test_safe_event_loop_policy_with_exception(self):
 
         # The exception handling in __init__ should allow import to continue
         # Version should be accessible even if policy setup fails
-        assert ccbt.__version__ == "0.0.1"
+        assert ccbt.__version__ == "0.1.0"
 
     def test_all_exports(self):
         """Test that __all__ exports are available."""