diff --git a/.ci/bump_tag b/.ci/bump_tag
index f10a16d05..08b5246b0 100755
--- a/.ci/bump_tag
+++ b/.ci/bump_tag
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-version=$(cat ../VERSION)
-sed -i "s/v[0-9]*.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*/${version}/g" ../config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+version=$(cat $REPO_DIR/VERSION)
+sed -i "s/v[0-9]*.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*/${version}/g" $REPO_DIR/config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml