diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_validate_min_versions_in_sync.py b/scripts/tests/test_validate_min_versions_in_sync.py
index 7594e7ad93e38..2455e1519dfbe 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_validate_min_versions_in_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_validate_min_versions_in_sync.py
@@ -10,34 +10,36 @@
     pin_min_versions_to_yaml_file,
 )
 
+DATA_PATH = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[2] / "scripts/tests/data/"
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "src_toml, src_yaml, expected_yaml",
     [
         (
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_minimum.toml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_unmodified_random.yaml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_expected_random.yaml"),
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_minimum.toml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_unmodified_random.yaml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_expected_random.yaml",
         ),
         (
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_minimum.toml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_unmodified_same_version.yaml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_expected_same_version.yaml"),
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_minimum.toml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_unmodified_same_version.yaml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_expected_same_version.yaml",
         ),
         (
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_minimum.toml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_unmodified_duplicate_package.yaml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_expected_duplicate_package.yaml"),
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_minimum.toml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_unmodified_duplicate_package.yaml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_expected_duplicate_package.yaml",
         ),
         (
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_minimum.toml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_unmodified_no_version.yaml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_expected_no_version.yaml"),
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_minimum.toml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_unmodified_no_version.yaml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_expected_no_version.yaml",
         ),
         (
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_minimum.toml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_unmodified_range.yaml"),
-            pathlib.Path("scripts/tests/data/deps_expected_range.yaml"),
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_minimum.toml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_unmodified_range.yaml",
+            DATA_PATH / "deps_expected_range.yaml",
         ),
     ],
 )
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py b/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py
index 4c433d03aff4d..e3f5209e843cb 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class TestStringsWithWrongPlacedWhitespace:
         "data",
         [
             (
-                """
+                r"""
     msg = (
         "foo\n"
         " bar"
diff --git a/scripts/validate_min_versions_in_sync.py b/scripts/validate_min_versions_in_sync.py
index 91755fb9b36d9..da6954d56cd38 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_min_versions_in_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_min_versions_in_sync.py
@@ -23,19 +23,20 @@
 
 from scripts.generate_pip_deps_from_conda import CONDA_TO_PIP
 
-DOC_PATH = pathlib.Path("doc/source/getting_started/install.rst").resolve()
+BASE_PATH = pathlib.Path(__file__).parents[1]
+DOC_PATH = (BASE_PATH / "doc/source/getting_started/install.rst").resolve()
 CI_PATH = next(
-    pathlib.Path("ci/deps").absolute().glob("actions-*-minimum_versions.yaml")
+    (BASE_PATH / "ci/deps").absolute().glob("actions-*-minimum_versions.yaml")
 )
-CODE_PATH = pathlib.Path("pandas/compat/_optional.py").resolve()
-SETUP_PATH = pathlib.Path("pyproject.toml").resolve()
-YAML_PATH = pathlib.Path("ci/deps")
-ENV_PATH = pathlib.Path("environment.yml")
+CODE_PATH = (BASE_PATH / "pandas/compat/_optional.py").resolve()
+SETUP_PATH = (BASE_PATH / "pyproject.toml").resolve()
+YAML_PATH = BASE_PATH / "ci/deps"
+ENV_PATH = BASE_PATH / "environment.yml"
 EXCLUDE_DEPS = {"tzdata", "pyqt", "pyqt5"}
 # pandas package is not available
 # in pre-commit environment
-sys.path.append("pandas/compat")
-sys.path.append("pandas/util")
+sys.path.append(str(BASE_PATH / "pandas/compat"))
+sys.path.append(str(BASE_PATH / "pandas/util"))
 import _exceptions
 import version