diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
index e61638c..44c56a7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/synchronize/tasks/main.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
 - name: synchronize file to new filename
   synchronize:
-    src: '{{output_dir}}/foo.txt'
-    dest: '{{output_dir}}/foo.result'
+    src: '/root/ansible_collections/ansible/posix/tests/output/.tmp/output_dir/foo.txt'
+    dest: ''/root/ansible_collections/ansible/posix/tests/output/.tmp/output_dir/foo.result'
   register: sync_result
   delegate_to: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
 #- assert: