diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
index 994da63dd..9ee729075 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/convert.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"maps"
 	"path"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -212,8 +211,8 @@ func (c *Compiler) createProcess(name string, container *yaml_types.Container, s
 }
 
 func (c *Compiler) stepWorkdir(container *yaml_types.Container) string {
-	if filepath.IsAbs(container.Directory) {
+	if path.IsAbs(container.Directory) {
 		return container.Directory
 	}
-	return filepath.Join(c.base, c.path, container.Directory)
+	return path.Join(c.base, c.path, container.Directory)
 }
diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/option.go b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/option.go
index d451ef6b4..bd8355358 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/option.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/option.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package compiler
 
 import (
 	"net/url"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pipeline/frontend/metadata"
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ func WithWorkspace(base, path string) Option {
 // WithWorkspaceFromURL configures the compiler with the workspace
 // base and path based on the repository url.
 func WithWorkspaceFromURL(base, link string) Option {
-	path := "src"
+	srcPath := "src"
 	parsed, err := url.Parse(link)
 	if err == nil {
-		path = filepath.Join(path, parsed.Hostname(), parsed.Path)
+		srcPath = path.Join(srcPath, parsed.Hostname(), parsed.Path)
 	}
-	return WithWorkspace(base, path)
+	return WithWorkspace(base, srcPath)
 }
 
 // WithEscalated configures the compiler to automatically execute