diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index b4bfda1..acc777a 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
         <testsuite name="Functional tests">
             <directory>vendor/mink/driver-testsuite/tests</directory>
         </testsuite>
+        <testsuite name="Regression tests">
+            <file>tests/Driver/AttachFileRelativePathTest.php</file>
+        </testsuite>
     </testsuites>
     <filter>
         <whitelist>
diff --git a/src/Driver/PlaywrightDriver.php b/src/Driver/PlaywrightDriver.php
index a46def1..0f2f0b6 100644
--- a/src/Driver/PlaywrightDriver.php
+++ b/src/Driver/PlaywrightDriver.php
@@ -613,7 +613,11 @@ public function rightClick(string $xpath): void
     public function attachFile(string $xpath, string $path): void
     {
         $element = $this->first($xpath);
-        $this->safe(function () use ($element, $path) {
+        $absolutePath = realpath($path);
+        if (false === $absolutePath) {
+            throw new DriverException(sprintf('File "%s" does not exist', $path));
+        }
+        $this->safe(function () use ($element, $absolutePath) {
             $tag = $element->evaluate('el => el.tagName.toLowerCase()');
             $type = $element->getAttribute('type');
 
@@ -621,7 +625,7 @@ public function attachFile(string $xpath, string $path): void
                 throw new DriverException('attachFile: element is not a file input');
             }
 
-            $element->setInputFiles([$path]);
+            $element->setInputFiles([$absolutePath]);
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Driver/AttachFileRelativePathTest.php b/tests/Driver/AttachFileRelativePathTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0363d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Driver/AttachFileRelativePathTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the community-maintained Playwright PHP project.
+ * It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
+ *
+ * (c) 2025-Present - Playwright PHP - https://github.com/playwright-php
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Playwright\Mink\Tests\Driver;
+
+use Behat\Mink\Driver\DriverInterface;
+use Behat\Mink\Exception\DriverException;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Playwright\Mink\Tests\Config;
+
+/**
+ * Regression test for attachFile() resolving paths against the PHP process
+ * cwd instead of leaking a relative path to the Node bridge.
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/playwright-php/playwright-mink/issues/ (attachFile relative path)
+ */
+final class AttachFileRelativePathTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private ?DriverInterface $driver = null;
+    private ?string $originalCwd = null;
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        $this->driver?->stop();
+
+        if (null !== $this->originalCwd) {
+            chdir($this->originalCwd);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testAttachFileAcceptsPathRelativeToPhpCwd(): void
+    {
+        $tmpDir = sys_get_temp_dir().'/playwright-mink-attach-file-test';
+        if (!is_dir($tmpDir)) {
+            mkdir($tmpDir);
+        }
+        file_put_contents($tmpDir.'/upload.txt', 'hello');
+
+        $this->originalCwd = getcwd() ?: null;
+        chdir($tmpDir);
+
+        $this->driver = Config::getInstance()->createDriver();
+        $this->driver->start();
+        $this->driver->visit('data:text/html,<input type="file" id="f">');
+
+        $this->driver->attachFile("//input[@id='f']", 'upload.txt');
+
+        self::assertSame(
+            'upload.txt',
+            $this->driver->evaluateScript("document.getElementById('f').files[0].name")
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testAttachFileThrowsAClearErrorForAMissingRelativePath(): void
+    {
+        $this->driver = Config::getInstance()->createDriver();
+        $this->driver->start();
+        $this->driver->visit('data:text/html,<input type="file" id="f">');
+
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
+
+        $this->driver->attachFile("//input[@id='f']", 'does-not-exist.txt');
+    }
+}