diff --git a/tests/test_release_repository_tag.py b/tests/test_release_repository_tag.py
index d12bc77..0489555 100644
--- a/tests/test_release_repository_tag.py
+++ b/tests/test_release_repository_tag.py
@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ class ReleaseRepositoryTagTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_empty_manifest_workspace_blocks_source_tagging(self) -> None:
         workspace = self.root / "empty-manifest-workspace"
+        remote_root = self.root / "empty-manifest-remotes"
         workspace.mkdir()
+        remote_root.mkdir()
         core, _ = create_release_repo(
-            root=self.root,
+            root=remote_root,
             workspace=workspace,
             name="govoplan-core",
             version="0.1.10",