diff --git a/scripts/plugin-clawhub-publish.sh b/scripts/plugin-clawhub-publish.sh
index e7c6202ba884..7961e60ec840 100644
--- a/scripts/plugin-clawhub-publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/plugin-clawhub-publish.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 mode="${1:-}"
 package_dir="${2:-}"
+script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+repo_root="$(cd "${script_dir}/.." && pwd)"
+invocation_root="$(pwd)"
 
 if [[ "${mode}" != "--dry-run" && "${mode}" != "--publish" ]]; then
   echo "usage: bash scripts/plugin-clawhub-publish.sh [--dry-run|--publish] <package-dir>" >&2
@@ -20,7 +23,9 @@ if [[ ! "${package_dir}" =~ ^extensions/[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]*$ ]]; then
   exit 2
 fi
 
-if [[ ! -f "${package_dir}/package.json" ]]; then
+package_source="${invocation_root}/${package_dir}"
+
+if [[ ! -f "${package_source}/package.json" ]]; then
   echo "package.json not found under ${package_dir}" >&2
   exit 2
 fi
@@ -30,20 +35,13 @@ if ! command -v clawhub >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-repo_root="$(cd "${script_dir}/.." && pwd)"
-package_name="$(node -e 'const pkg = require(require("node:path").resolve(process.argv[1], "package.json")); console.log(pkg.name)' "${package_dir}")"
-package_version="$(node -e 'const pkg = require(require("node:path").resolve(process.argv[1], "package.json")); console.log(pkg.version)' "${package_dir}")"
+package_name="$(node -e 'const pkg = require(require("node:path").resolve(process.argv[1], "package.json")); console.log(pkg.name)' "${package_source}")"
+package_version="$(node -e 'const pkg = require(require("node:path").resolve(process.argv[1], "package.json")); console.log(pkg.version)' "${package_source}")"
 publish_tag="${PACKAGE_TAG:-latest}"
 source_repo="${SOURCE_REPO:-${GITHUB_REPOSITORY:-openclaw/openclaw}}"
-source_commit="${SOURCE_COMMIT:-$(git rev-parse HEAD)}"
-source_ref="${SOURCE_REF:-$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD || true)}"
-clawhub_workdir="${CLAWDHUB_WORKDIR:-${CLAWHUB_WORKDIR:-$(pwd)}}"
-package_source="${package_dir}"
-
-if [[ "${package_source}" != /* && "${package_source}" != ./* ]]; then
-  package_source="./${package_source}"
-fi
+source_commit="${SOURCE_COMMIT:-$(git -C "${invocation_root}" rev-parse HEAD)}"
+source_ref="${SOURCE_REF:-$(git -C "${invocation_root}" symbolic-ref -q HEAD || true)}"
+clawhub_workdir="${CLAWDHUB_WORKDIR:-${CLAWHUB_WORKDIR:-${invocation_root}}}"
 
 pack_dir="$(mktemp -d "${RUNNER_TEMP:-/tmp}/openclaw-clawhub-pack.XXXXXX")"
 cleanup() {
@@ -53,6 +51,8 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 
 pack_cmd=(
   clawhub
+  --workdir
+  "${clawhub_workdir}"
   package
   pack
   "${package_source}"
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ fi
 
 publish_cmd=(
   clawhub
+  --workdir
+  "${clawhub_workdir}"
   package
   publish
   "${pack_path}"
diff --git a/test/plugin-clawhub-release.test.ts b/test/plugin-clawhub-release.test.ts
index 78517839a6d4..009c081bf54f 100644
--- a/test/plugin-clawhub-release.test.ts
+++ b/test/plugin-clawhub-release.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { chmodSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { chmodSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { delimiter, join } from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ describe("plugin-clawhub-publish.sh", () => {
       `#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 printf '%s\\n' "$*" >> ${JSON.stringify(markerPath)}
+if [[ "\${1:-}" == "--workdir" ]]; then
+  shift 2
+fi
 if [[ "\${1:-}" == "package" && "\${2:-}" == "pack" ]]; then
   pack_destination=""
   while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
@@ -469,7 +472,11 @@ exit 0
     expect(output).toContain("Publish command: CLAWHUB_WORKDIR=");
     expect(output).toContain("Resolved ClawPack:");
     const invocations = readFileSync(markerPath, "utf8");
-    expect(invocations).toContain("package pack ./extensions/demo-plugin");
+    const resolvedRepoDir = realpathSync(repoDir);
+    expect(invocations).toContain(`--workdir ${resolvedRepoDir}`);
+    expect(invocations).toContain(
+      `package pack ${join(resolvedRepoDir, "extensions/demo-plugin")}`,
+    );
     expect(invocations).toContain("package publish ");
     expect(invocations).toContain(".tgz --tags latest");
     expect(invocations).toContain("--dry-run");