diff --git a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py
index c57cfa6f3..8e0fc96d9 100644
--- a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py
+++ b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ import pytest
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def patched_home_env(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
-    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path))
 
     return tmp_path