diff --git a/tests/test_metrics/test_stats.py b/tests/test_metrics/test_stats.py
index 349cf26993852c8dd4302e75ad2171cf4c4a977d..df0ca7721e49f64ce87f443f06966193dd8dfe84 100644
--- a/tests/test_metrics/test_stats.py
+++ b/tests/test_metrics/test_stats.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ from toarstats.metrics.interface import calculate_statistics
 from toarstats.metrics.stats_utils import create_reference_series
 
 data = pd.read_csv(
-    "tests/test_metrics/time_series.csv", header=None, names=[None, "values"],
-    index_col=0, parse_dates=True, date_format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+    "tests/time_series.csv", header=None, names=[None, "values"], index_col=0,
+    parse_dates=True, date_format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 )
 ref_data = create_reference_series(data.index)
 metadata = {"station_lat": 50.906389,
diff --git a/tests/test_metrics/time_series.csv b/tests/time_series.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/test_metrics/time_series.csv
rename to tests/time_series.csv