diff --git a/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go b/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go
index 3fec3ecaefd86..32636e2b52c49 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/app_management_ns_test.go
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ func TestNamespacedLocalSyncDryRunWithASEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			appBefore := app.DeepCopy()
-			_, err = RunCli("app", "sync", app.QualifiedName(), "--dry-run", "--local", guestbookPathLocal)
+			_, err = RunCli("app", "sync", app.QualifiedName(), "--dry-run", "--local-repo-root", ".", "--local", guestbookPathLocal)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			appAfter := app.DeepCopy()
diff --git a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
index d2902e27c97d8..10b2cf926723c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ func TestLocalManifestSync(t *testing.T) {
 		Given().
 		LocalPath(guestbookPathLocal).
 		When().
-		Sync().
+		Sync("--local-repo-root", ".").
 		Then().
 		Expect(SyncStatusIs(SyncStatusCodeSynced)).
 		And(func(app *Application) {
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ func TestLocalSyncDryRunWithAutosyncEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			appBefore := app.DeepCopy()
-			_, err = RunCli("app", "sync", app.Name, "--dry-run", "--local", guestbookPathLocal)
+			_, err = RunCli("app", "sync", app.Name, "--dry-run", "--local-repo-root", ".", "--local", guestbookPathLocal)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 			appAfter := app.DeepCopy()