diff --git a/cmd/model/test.go b/cmd/model/test.go
index 4226c464..70ac232d 100644
--- a/cmd/model/test.go
+++ b/cmd/model/test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package model
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ var modelTestCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		summaries := []string{}
 
 		for _, file := range fileNames {
-			format, storeData, err := storetest.ReadFromFile(file, path.Dir(file))
+			format, storeData, err := storetest.ReadFromFile(file, "")
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to read test file %s: %w", file, err)
 			}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/relative-path/relative-path-store.fga.yaml b/tests/fixtures/relative-path/relative-path-store.fga.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08236db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/relative-path/relative-path-store.fga.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: Relative Path Store
+model_file: ../basic-model.fga
+tuple_file: ../basic-tuples.json
+tests:
+  - name: test-1
+    check:
+      - user: user:anne
+        object: group:foo
+        assertions:
+          owner: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/import-tests-cases.yaml b/tests/import-tests-cases.yaml
index 565054b2..42be315e 100644
--- a/tests/import-tests-cases.yaml
+++ b/tests/import-tests-cases.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ tests:
     stdout:
       json:
         store.name: "Basic Store"
+  002 - it successfully imports a store with relative paths:
+    command: fga store import --file=./tests/fixtures/relative-path/relative-path-store.fga.yaml
+    exit-code: 0
+    stdout:
+      json:
+        store.name: "Relative Path Store"
diff --git a/tests/model-test-cases.yaml b/tests/model-test-cases.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c830cf4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/model-test-cases.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+config:
+  inherit-env: true
+
+tests:
+  001 - it successfully runs local tests against a store with an absolute path:
+    command: fga model test --tests ./tests/fixtures/basic-store.fga.yaml
+    exit-code: 0
+    stderr: # Test Summary #
+  002 - it successfully runs local tests against a store with a relative path:
+    command: fga model test --tests tests/fixtures/basic-store.fga.yaml
+    exit-code: 0
+    stderr: # Test Summary #
+  003 - it successfully runs local tests against a store when resolving a glob pattern:
+    command: fga model test --tests "tests/**/*-store.fga.yaml"
+    exit-code: 0
+    stderr: # Test Summary #
+  004 - it successfully runs local tests against a store with relative paths in the store file:
+    command: fga model test --tests tests/fixtures/relative-path/relative-path-store.fga.yaml
+    exit-code: 0
+    stderr: # Test Summary #