diff --git a/rsconnect/subprocesses/inspect_environment.py b/rsconnect/subprocesses/inspect_environment.py
index 6703dab2..2d3bc320 100644
--- a/rsconnect/subprocesses/inspect_environment.py
+++ b/rsconnect/subprocesses/inspect_environment.py
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ def uv_export(dirname: str, lock_filename: str, uv_path: str = "uv"):
     lock_path = lock_filename
     if not os.path.isabs(lock_filename):
         lock_path = os.path.join(dirname, lock_filename)
+    lock_path = os.path.abspath(lock_path)
 
     if not os.path.exists(lock_path):
         raise EnvironmentException("uv.lock not found: %s" % lock_filename)
diff --git a/tests/test_environment.py b/tests/test_environment.py
index 7c44b0df..f4ad9ec9 100644
--- a/tests/test_environment.py
+++ b/tests/test_environment.py
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ def test_requirements_file_rejects_editable_outside_bundle(tmp_path: Path):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("fallback", [False, True])
-def test_uv_lock_export(tmp_path, monkeypatch, fallback):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("lock_location", ["absolute_dir", "bare", "relative", "absolute_lock"])
+def test_uv_lock_export(tmp_path, monkeypatch, fallback, lock_location):
     project_dir = tmp_path / "project"
     project_dir.mkdir()
     (project_dir / "pyproject.toml").write_text(
@@ -398,7 +399,14 @@ def test_uv_lock_export(tmp_path, monkeypatch, fallback):
         monkeypatch.setattr(rsconnect.environment.uv, "find_uv_bin", missing_bundled_uv)
     else:
         monkeypatch.setenv("PATH", "")
-    env = Environment.create_python_environment(str(project_dir), requirements_file="uv.lock", python=str(python))
+    monkeypatch.chdir(project_dir)
+    dirname, lock_file = {
+        "absolute_dir": (str(project_dir), "uv.lock"),
+        "bare": ("", "uv.lock"),
+        "relative": (".", "./uv.lock"),
+        "absolute_lock": ("", str(project_dir / "uv.lock")),
+    }[lock_location]
+    env = Environment.create_python_environment(dirname, requirements_file=lock_file, python=str(python))
 
     assert env.filename == "requirements.txt.lock"
     assert "aiofiles==24.1.0" in env.contents
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index b75ee962..414084c5 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import venv
 from os.path import join
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 from rsconnect import VERSION
 from rsconnect.api import RSConnectClient, RSConnectServer
 from rsconnect.bundle import file_checksum
+from rsconnect.exception import RSConnectException
 from rsconnect.json_web_token import SECRET_KEY_ENV
 from rsconnect.log import console_logger, logger as rs_logger
 from rsconnect.main import cli, env_management_callback, make_notebook_html_bundle
@@ -2392,6 +2394,36 @@ def test_missing_requirements_reports_content_directory(
     assert f"The requirements file '{expected_file}' does not exist in '{expected_directory}'." in result.output
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("command", "filename"),
+    [
+        (["write-manifest", "notebook"], "nb.ipynb"),
+        (["write-manifest", "quarto"], "doc.qmd"),
+        (["deploy", "notebook"], "nb.ipynb"),
+        (["deploy", "quarto"], "doc.qmd"),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("prefix", ["", "./"])
+def test_document_commands_export_uv_lock_for_bare_and_relative_paths(tmp_path, monkeypatch, command, filename, prefix):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text("[project]\nname='demo'\nversion='0.0.0'\n")
+    (tmp_path / filename).write_text('{"cells":[],"metadata":{},"nbformat":4,"nbformat_minor":5}')
+    subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "uv", "lock", "--offline"], check=True)
+
+    with mock.patch("rsconnect.main.which_quarto", return_value="quarto"), mock.patch(
+        "rsconnect.main.quarto_inspect", return_value={"engines": ["jupyter"]}
+    ), mock.patch("rsconnect.main.RSConnectExecutor", side_effect=RSConnectException("deployment reached")) as executor:
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(cli, [*command, "-r", "uv.lock", "--exclude-renv", prefix + filename])
+
+    if command[0] == "deploy":
+        assert "deployment reached" in result.output
+        executor.assert_called_once()
+    else:
+        assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+        assert (tmp_path / "manifest.json").exists()
+        assert (tmp_path / "requirements.txt.lock").exists()
+
+
 class TestWriteManifestNodeJS:
     def test_help(self):
         runner = CliRunner()