diff --git a/src/py/reactpy/pyproject.toml b/src/py/reactpy/pyproject.toml
index f93ddb776..9914d18d3 100644
--- a/src/py/reactpy/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/py/reactpy/pyproject.toml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ artifacts = ["js"]
 out_dir = "reactpy/_static"
 commands = [
   # link the js directory if it doesn't exist - use Python to avoid platform differences
-  "python -c \"import pathlib as p;js=p.Path('js');js.unlink(missing_ok=True);js.symlink_to(p.Path('..','..','js'),target_is_directory=True);\"",
+  "python -c \"import pathlib as p;js=p.Path('js');js.unlink(missing_ok=True);js.symlink_to(p.Path('..','..','js').resolve(),target_is_directory=True);\"",
   "cd js && npm ci && npm run build",
 ]
 artifacts = ["js/app/dist/"]