diff --git a/plugins/hadoop/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/gateway/HdfsGatewayTests.java b/plugins/hadoop/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/gateway/HdfsGatewayTests.java
index 0434ff546ca4..7acfbf5aa588 100644
--- a/plugins/hadoop/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/gateway/HdfsGatewayTests.java
+++ b/plugins/hadoop/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/hadoop/gateway/HdfsGatewayTests.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class HdfsGatewayTests {
                 .put("gateway.type", "hdfs")
                 .put("gateway.hdfs.uri", "file:///")
 //                .put("gateway.hdfs.uri", "hdfs://training-vm.local:8022")
-                .put("gateway.hdfs.path", "work/hdfs/gateway")
+                .put("gateway.hdfs.path", "data/hdfs/gateway")
                 .build();
         return nodeBuilder().settings(settingsBuilder().put(settings).put("node.name", "node1")).build();
     }