diff --git a/.quixos-subtree-source.json b/.quixos-subtree-source.json
index 3a49dbb..7a0c736 100644
--- a/.quixos-subtree-source.json
+++ b/.quixos-subtree-source.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "version": 1,
   "sourceRepo": "https://gitea-external.egads.tutti.syntaxblitz.net/quixos/quixos",
-  "sourceCommit": "e4075003e669be0e307ec8c0585cccb1bd08276a",
+  "sourceCommit": "c4319441699b7b8c5af7e70dade6e4ad8cccddea",
   "sourcePath": "quixos-protocol",
   "exportName": "quixos-protocol",
   "mirrorRemote": "https://gitea-external.egads.tutti.syntaxblitz.net/quixos/quixos-protocol.git"
diff --git a/src/capability-language/pin-upgrades.ts b/src/capability-language/pin-upgrades.ts
index 4f5d9aa..6dcc60b 100644
--- a/src/capability-language/pin-upgrades.ts
+++ b/src/capability-language/pin-upgrades.ts
@@ -481,13 +481,13 @@ export const applyPinUpgrades = async (
           quixos: compiled.lock.quixos,
           directResources: [...compiled.directResources.entries()].map(([bindingKey, node]) => {
             const [kind, binding] = bindingKey.split("\0");
-            return { kind, binding, resourceKey: node.key, directory: node.directory };
+            return { kind, binding, resourceKey: node.key, directory: path.relative(plan.workbench, node.directory) };
           }),
           resources: [...resources.values()].map((node) => ({
             key: node.key,
             kind: node.kind,
             source: node.source,
-            directory: node.directory,
+            directory: path.relative(plan.workbench, node.directory),
             ...(node.resource.kind === "build"
               ? {}
               : {
diff --git a/test/pin-upgrades.test.ts b/test/pin-upgrades.test.ts
index 1dff5f1..0508a2b 100644
--- a/test/pin-upgrades.test.ts
+++ b/test/pin-upgrades.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { execFile as callback } from "node:child_process";
 import {
   planPinUpgrades,
   applyPinUpgrades,
+  discoverUpgradeSpec,
   reviewUpgradeCandidate,
   type UpgradeEffects,
 } from "../src/capability-language/pin-upgrades.js";
@@ -153,6 +154,21 @@ test(
       await run(workbench, "git", ["--git-dir", path.join(workbench, "remotes/named.git"), "show-ref"]),
       new RegExp(commit),
     );
+    assert.equal(graph.resources[0].directory, "resources/Named");
+    assert.equal(graph.directResources[0].directory, "resources/Named");
+    // A retained workbench can move without keeping its original absolute path
+    // alive. Recovery journals remain bound to their original writer/root.
+    const relocated = `${workbench}-relocated`;
+    context.after(() => fs.rm(relocated, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+    await fs.cp(workbench, relocated, { recursive: true });
+    const discovered = await discoverUpgradeSpec(relocated);
+    assert.equal(discovered.nodes[1]!.directory, "resources/Named");
+    const relocatedPlan = await planPinUpgrades(relocated, { ...discovered, bootstrap: true });
+    assert.equal(relocatedPlan.workbench, relocated);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      relocatedPlan.nodes.map((node) => node.directory),
+      ["resources/Named", "root"],
+    );
   },
 );