diff --git a/docs/_utils/search.js b/docs/_utils/search.js
index 1d5ac43a6..7fb567712 100644
--- a/docs/_utils/search.js
+++ b/docs/_utils/search.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import lunr from 'lunr';
 import { parse } from 'node-html-parser';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
 
 function collapseWhitespace(string) {
@@ -52,8 +53,9 @@ export function searchPlugin(options = {}) {
       return content;
     });
 
-    eleventyConfig.on('eleventy.after', ({ dir }) => {
-      const outputFilename = join(dir.output, 'search.json');
+    eleventyConfig.on('eleventy.after', ({ directories }) => {
+      const { output } = directories;
+      const outputFilename = path.resolve(join(output, 'search.json'));
       const map = [];
       const searchIndex = lunr(async function () {
         let index = 0;