diff --git a/libs/exec/execv.go b/libs/exec/execv.go
index 3b9b208b146..859b473ece7 100644
--- a/libs/exec/execv.go
+++ b/libs/exec/execv.go
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ type ExecvOptions struct {
 	// Env is set the environment variables to set in the child process.
 	Env []string
 
-	// Dir is the working directory of the child process.
+	// Dir specifies the working directory of the command.
+	// If Dir is an empty string, Execv runs the command in the
+	// calling process's current directory.
 	Dir string
 
 	// It is not possible to execute a cmd.exe script inlined as a argument
diff --git a/libs/exec/execv_unix.go b/libs/exec/execv_unix.go
index e81e51d07d0..0ead67022bd 100644
--- a/libs/exec/execv_unix.go
+++ b/libs/exec/execv_unix.go
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func execv(opts ExecvOptions) error {
-	err := os.Chdir(opts.Dir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("changing directory to %s failed: %w", opts.Dir, err)
+	if opts.Dir != "" {
+		err := os.Chdir(opts.Dir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("changing directory to %s failed: %w", opts.Dir, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// execve syscall does not perform PATH lookup. Thus we need to query path
diff --git a/libs/lakebase/connect.go b/libs/lakebase/connect.go
index 1afacfcea4a..8f5536a2dc9 100644
--- a/libs/lakebase/connect.go
+++ b/libs/lakebase/connect.go
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, databaseInstanceName string, extraArgs ...stri
 	}
 	cmdio.LogString(ctx, "Successfully fetched database credentials")
 
-	// Get current working directory
-	dir, err := os.Getwd()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error getting working directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	// Check if database name and port are already specified in extra arguments
 	hasDbName := false
 	hasPort := false
@@ -103,6 +97,5 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, databaseInstanceName string, extraArgs ...stri
 	return exec.Execv(exec.ExecvOptions{
 		Args: args,
 		Env:  cmdEnv,
-		Dir:  dir,
 	})
 }