diff --git a/playbooks/publish/releasenotes.yaml b/playbooks/publish/releasenotes.yaml
index 81c0714250..eaff94ddb1 100644
--- a/playbooks/publish/releasenotes.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/publish/releasenotes.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
     - role: write-root-marker
+      root_marker_dir: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}/{{ sphinx_build_dir }}/html"
       when: zuul_success | bool
     - role: fetch-sphinx-output
       sphinx_output_suffix: "/"