diff --git a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
index b6b40a1..696b99a 100644
--- a/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
+++ b/backend/tests/Dockerfile.test
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 # Allows docker to cache installed dependencies between builds
-COPY backend/requirements.txt requirements.txt
+COPY ../requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Mounts the application code to the image