diff --git a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
index 5d475bb529d..cf1d4f59cb3 100644
--- a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import path from "node:path";
 import { Command } from "commander";
 import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { withTempSecretFiles } from "../../test-utils/secret-file-fixture.js";
@@ -229,7 +230,9 @@ describe("gateway run option collisions", () => {
     expect(runtimeErrors).toContain(
       "Gateway start blocked: existing config is missing gateway.mode. Treat this as suspicious or clobbered config. Re-run `openclaw onboard --mode local` or `openclaw setup`, set gateway.mode=local manually, or pass --allow-unconfigured.",
     );
-    expect(runtimeErrors).toContain("Config write audit: /tmp/logs/config-audit.jsonl");
+    expect(runtimeErrors).toContain(
+      `Config write audit: ${path.join("/tmp", "logs", "config-audit.jsonl")}`,
+    );
     expect(startGatewayServer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });