diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/testframework/context/TestCaseContext.java b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/testframework/context/TestCaseContext.java
index ff914b5..7a34648 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/testframework/context/TestCaseContext.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-test-framework/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/testframework/context/TestCaseContext.java
@@ -186,9 +186,20 @@
 
     public File getActualResultFile(CompilationUnit cUnit, File expectedFile, File actualResultsBase) {
         File path = actualResultsBase;
-        path = new File(path, testSuite.getResultOffsetPath());
-        path = new File(path, testCase.getFilePath());
-        return new File(path, cUnit.getOutputDir().getValue() + File.separator + expectedFile.getName());
+        String resultOffsetPath = removeUpward(testSuite.getResultOffsetPath());
+        path = new File(path, resultOffsetPath);
+        String testCaseFilePath = removeUpward(testCase.getFilePath());
+        String expectedFilePath = removeUpward(expectedFile.getName());
+        path = new File(path, testCaseFilePath);
+        return new File(path, cUnit.getOutputDir().getValue() + File.separator + expectedFilePath);
+    }
+
+    private String removeUpward(String filePath) {
+        String evil = ".." + File.separatorChar;
+        while (filePath.contains(evil)) {
+            filePath = filePath.replace(evil, ""); // NOSONAR
+        }
+        return filePath;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -224,8 +235,8 @@
             File tsFile = new File(tsRoot, tsXMLFilePath);
             TestSuiteParser tsp = new TestSuiteParser();
             TestSuite ts = tsp.parse(tsFile);
-            List<TestCaseContext> tccs = new ArrayList<TestCaseContext>();
-            List<TestGroup> tgPath = new ArrayList<TestGroup>();
+            List<TestCaseContext> tccs = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<TestGroup> tgPath = new ArrayList<>();
             addContexts(tsRoot, ts, tgPath, ts.getTestGroup(), tccs);
             return tccs;
         }