diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/setup.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/setup.yml
index d26ce149..78fbf3cd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/setup.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/setup.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   connection: local
   gather_facts: false
   vars_files:
-    - vars.yml
+    - ../vars.yml
   tasks:
     - name: SETUP | Create network
       google.cloud.gcp_compute_network:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/teardown.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/teardown.yml
index b4e48041..44cf14c4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/teardown.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/teardown.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   connection: local
   gather_facts: false
   vars_files:
-    - vars.yml
+    - ../vars.yml
   tasks:
     - name: TEARDOWN | Delete instance  # noqa: ignore-errors
       google.cloud.gcp_compute_instance:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/test.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/test.yml
index aaa539af..25feba39 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/test.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/test.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   connection: local
   gather_facts: false
   vars_files:
-    - vars.yml
+    - ../vars.yml
   tasks:
     - name: TEST | render inventory file
       ansible.builtin.copy:
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
 
     - name: TEST | run test case
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
-        file: "testcase_{{ testcase }}.yml"
+        file: "../testcase_{{ testcase }}.yml"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/runme.sh b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/runme.sh
index 4b56a3a1..175dab85 100755
--- a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/runme.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/runme.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RC=0
 # we want to run teardown regardless of playbook exit status, so catch the
 # exit code of ansible-playbook manually
 set +e
-for ts in playbooks/testcase_*.yml;
+for ts in testcase_*.yml;
 do
     testcase=$( basename "$ts" | sed -e 's/testcase_//' | sed -e 's/.yml//' )
     ansible-playbook playbooks/test.yml "$@" --extra-vars "testcase=${testcase}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/testcase_basic.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/testcase_basic.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/testcase_basic.yml
rename to tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/testcase_basic.yml
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/testcase_hostname.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/testcase_hostname.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/testcase_hostname.yml
rename to tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/testcase_hostname.yml
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/vars.yml b/tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/vars.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/playbooks/vars.yml
rename to tests/integration/targets/inventory_gce/vars.yml