diff --git a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubeInnerHandler/src/kubeInnerHandler.ts b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubeInnerHandler/src/kubeInnerHandler.ts
index 729fe9ee4..5a45b0ce5 100644
--- a/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubeInnerHandler/src/kubeInnerHandler.ts
+++ b/src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubeInnerHandler/src/kubeInnerHandler.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
   core.debug(JSON.stringify(execArgs))
 
   await exec.exec(execInput.fileName, execArgs, {
-    cwd: execInput.workingDirectory,
     env: execInput.environmentVariables
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubeInnerHandler/index.js b/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubeInnerHandler/index.js
index 350828a77..893d15836 100644
--- a/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubeInnerHandler/index.js
+++ b/src/Misc/layoutbin/kubeInnerHandler/index.js
@@ -1562,7 +1562,9 @@ function run() {
         core.debug(JSON.stringify(args));
         execArgs.push(...args);
         core.debug(JSON.stringify(execArgs));
-        yield exec.exec(execInput.fileName, execArgs, { cwd: execInput.workingDirectory, env: execInput.environmentVariables });
+        yield exec.exec(execInput.fileName, execArgs, {
+            env: execInput.environmentVariables
+        });
     });
 }
 run();