diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php
index a78ac440f6478..7e0c391e1f226 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ public function data_register_block_registers_with_args_override_returns_false_w
 	 */
 	public function test_register_block_type_from_metadata_with_variations_php_file() {
 		$filter_metadata_registration = static function ( $metadata ) {
-			$metadata['variations'] = 'variations.php';
+			$metadata['variations'] = 'file:./variations.php';
 			return $metadata;
 		};