diff --git a/src/util/fs/executeScript.test.ts b/src/util/fs/executeScript.test.ts
index 81b3ea2..80a8063 100644
--- a/src/util/fs/executeScript.test.ts
+++ b/src/util/fs/executeScript.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { execFile } from 'child_process';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
 import executeScript from './executeScript.js';
 
 jest.mock('child_process', () => ({
@@ -70,6 +71,25 @@ describe('executeScript', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('resolves relative hook paths before changing the working directory', async () => {
+    expect.assertions(1);
+    const scriptPath = 'project/.cli/init.js';
+    const resolvedScriptPath = resolve(scriptPath);
+    mockExecFileResult(null, 'done');
+
+    await executeScript(scriptPath);
+
+    expect(execFileMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      process.execPath,
+      [resolvedScriptPath],
+      {
+        cwd: resolve('project/.cli'),
+        encoding: 'utf8',
+      },
+      expect.any(Function),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('resolves stderr when stdout is empty', async () => {
     expect.assertions(1);
     mockExecFileResult(null, '', 'well, that went poorly');
diff --git a/src/util/fs/executeScript.ts b/src/util/fs/executeScript.ts
index 3e86836..0220943 100644
--- a/src/util/fs/executeScript.ts
+++ b/src/util/fs/executeScript.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { execFile } from 'child_process';
-import { dirname } from 'path';
+import { dirname, resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
 
 /**
  * Takes a path to a script, and executes it.
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ import { dirname } from 'path';
 export default async function executeScript(
   scriptPath: string,
 ): Promise<string> {
+  const resolvedScriptPath = resolvePath(scriptPath);
+
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     execFile(
       process.execPath,
-      [scriptPath],
+      [resolvedScriptPath],
       {
         // Run from the hook directory so hook-relative file operations do not
         // depend on the shell location that invoked the CLI.
-        cwd: dirname(scriptPath),
+        cwd: dirname(resolvedScriptPath),
         encoding: 'utf8',
       },
       (error, stdout, stderr) => {
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ export default async function executeScript(
 
           return reject(
             new Error(
-              `Unable to execute hook script "${scriptPath}": ${output}`,
+              `Unable to execute hook script "${resolvedScriptPath}": ${output}`,
             ),
           );
         }