diff --git a/sdk/typescript/test/e2e/utils/setup.ts b/sdk/typescript/test/e2e/utils/setup.ts
index 63362790eee312..6d288fb431b3b4 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/test/e2e/utils/setup.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/test/e2e/utils/setup.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ import { SUI_TYPE_ARG } from '../../../src/utils/index.js';
 const DEFAULT_FAUCET_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_FAUCET_URL ?? getFaucetHost('localnet');
 const DEFAULT_FULLNODE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_FULLNODE_URL ?? getFullnodeUrl('localnet');
 
-const SUI_BIN =
-	import.meta.env.VITE_SUI_BIN ?? path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../../target/debug/sui');
+const SUI_BIN = import.meta.env.VITE_SUI_BIN ?? 'cargo run --bin sui';
 
 export const DEFAULT_RECIPIENT =
 	'0x0c567ffdf8162cb6d51af74be0199443b92e823d4ba6ced24de5c6c463797d46';