diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_requirements.py b/spacy/tests/test_requirements.py
index aaa562722..5bbccf362 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_requirements.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_requirements.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def test_build_dependencies(en_vocab):
     libs_ignore_setup = ["fugashi", "natto-py", "pythainlp"]
 
     # check requirements.txt
-    root_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
+    root_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent
     req_file = root_dir / "requirements.txt"
     req_dict = {}
     with req_file.open() as f: