diff --git a/.changeset/bash-cwd.md b/.changeset/bash-cwd.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99103155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bash-cwd.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@e2b/code-interpreter-template': patch
+---
+
+Apply cwd to bash kernel contexts (previously ignored, so `pwd` returned `/` regardless of the requested working directory)
diff --git a/js/tests/cwd.test.ts b/js/tests/cwd.test.ts
index b9a35ca3..14b671d4 100644
--- a/js/tests/cwd.test.ts
+++ b/js/tests/cwd.test.ts
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ sandboxTest.skipIf(isDebug)('cwd java', async ({ sandbox }) => {
   })
   expect(result.results[0]?.text.trim()).toEqual('/home/user')
 })
+
+sandboxTest.skipIf(isDebug)('cwd bash', async ({ sandbox }) => {
+  const result = await sandbox.runCode('pwd', {
+    language: 'bash',
+  })
+  expect(result.logs.stdout.join().trim()).toEqual('/home/user')
+})
diff --git a/python/tests/async/test_async_cwd.py b/python/tests/async/test_async_cwd.py
index e03b3e68..1896d767 100644
--- a/python/tests/async/test_async_cwd.py
+++ b/python/tests/async/test_async_cwd.py
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ async def test_cwd_java(async_sandbox: AsyncSandbox):
         'System.getProperty("user.dir")', language="java"
     )
     assert result.results[0].text.strip() == "/home/user"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip_debug()
+async def test_cwd_bash(async_sandbox: AsyncSandbox):
+    result = await async_sandbox.run_code("pwd", language="bash")
+    assert "".join(result.logs.stdout).strip() == "/home/user"
diff --git a/python/tests/sync/test_cwd.py b/python/tests/sync/test_cwd.py
index 35f91a2b..b238f7e9 100644
--- a/python/tests/sync/test_cwd.py
+++ b/python/tests/sync/test_cwd.py
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ def test_cwd_r(sandbox: Sandbox):
 def test_cwd_java(sandbox: Sandbox):
     result = sandbox.run_code('System.getProperty("user.dir")', language="java")
     assert result.results[0].text.strip() == "/home/user"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip_debug()
+def test_cwd_bash(sandbox: Sandbox):
+    result = sandbox.run_code("pwd", language="bash")
+    assert "".join(result.logs.stdout).strip() == "/home/user"
diff --git a/template/server/messaging.py b/template/server/messaging.py
index 0db59af0..c51f8b21 100644
--- a/template/server/messaging.py
+++ b/template/server/messaging.py
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ async def change_current_directory(
             request = self._get_execute_request(
                 message_id, f'System.setProperty("user.dir", "{path}");', True
             )
+        elif language == "bash":
+            request = self._get_execute_request(message_id, f"cd '{path}'", True)
         else:
             return