diff --git a/diskann-providers/Cargo.toml b/diskann-providers/Cargo.toml
index c0deaeca6..70acabca2 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diskann-providers/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 approx.workspace = true
 criterion.workspace = true
+diskann-utils = { workspace = true, features = ["testing"] }
 iai-callgrind.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
diff --git a/diskann-providers/src/index/diskann_async.rs b/diskann-providers/src/index/diskann_async.rs
index d7ad8f9ee..5451af3ad 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/src/index/diskann_async.rs
+++ b/diskann-providers/src/index/diskann_async.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         utils::{IntoUsize, ONE, async_tools::VectorIdBoxSlice},
     };
     use diskann_quantization::scalar::train::ScalarQuantizationParameters;
-    use diskann_utils::views::Matrix;
+    use diskann_utils::{test_data_root, views::Matrix};
     use diskann_vector::{
         DistanceFunction, PureDistanceFunction,
         distance::{Metric, SquaredL2},
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         }
     }
 
-    const SIFTSMALL: &str = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts.fbin";
+    const SIFTSMALL: &str = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts.fbin";
 
     #[rstest]
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -2363,11 +2363,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         DP: DataProvider<Context = DefaultContext, ExternalId = u32>
             + diskann::provider::SetElement<[f32]>,
     {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let (data_vec, npoints, dim) = file_util::load_bin(&storage, file, 0).unwrap();
         let data =
             Arc::new(Matrix::<f32>::try_from(data_vec.into_boxed_slice(), npoints, dim).unwrap());
@@ -2989,11 +2985,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         S::PruneStrategy: Clone,
     {
         let ctx = &DefaultContext;
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
 
         let mut iter = VectorDataIterator::<_, crate::model::graph::traits::AdHoc<f32>>::new(
             file, None, &storage,
@@ -3047,11 +3039,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
         for<'a> aliases::InsertPruneAccessor<'a, S, TestProvider, [f32]>: AsElement<&'a [f32]>,
         S::PruneStrategy: Clone,
     {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let (train_data, npoints, dim) = file_util::load_bin(&storage, file, 0).unwrap();
 
         let train_data_view =
diff --git a/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/fixed_chunk_pq_table.rs b/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/fixed_chunk_pq_table.rs
index 7939bb93f..ed903d8e7 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/fixed_chunk_pq_table.rs
+++ b/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/fixed_chunk_pq_table.rs
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ mod fixed_chunk_pq_table_test {
 
     use crate::storage::{StorageReadProvider, VirtualStorageProvider};
     use approx::assert_relative_eq;
+    use diskann_utils::test_data_root;
     use diskann_vector::{
         PureDistanceFunction,
         distance::{InnerProduct, SquaredL2},
@@ -940,12 +941,8 @@ mod fixed_chunk_pq_table_test {
 
     #[test]
     fn load_pivot_test() {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
-        let pq_pivots_path: &str = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
+        let pq_pivots_path: &str = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
         let (dim, pq_table, centroids, chunk_offsets) =
             load_pq_pivots_bin(pq_pivots_path, &1, &storage_provider).unwrap();
         let fixed_chunk_pq_table = FixedChunkPQTable::new(
@@ -1015,13 +1012,9 @@ mod fixed_chunk_pq_table_test {
 
     #[test]
     fn preprocess_query_test() {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
 
-        let pq_pivots_path: &str = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
+        let pq_pivots_path: &str = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
         let (dim, pq_table, centroids, chunk_offsets) =
             load_pq_pivots_bin(pq_pivots_path, &1, &storage_provider).unwrap();
         let fixed_chunk_pq_table = FixedChunkPQTable::new(
@@ -1114,13 +1107,9 @@ mod fixed_chunk_pq_table_test {
 
     #[test]
     fn calculate_distances_tests() {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
 
-        let pq_pivots_path: &str = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
+        let pq_pivots_path: &str = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
 
         let (dim, pq_table, centroids, chunk_offsets) =
             load_pq_pivots_bin(pq_pivots_path, &1, &storage_provider).unwrap();
diff --git a/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/pq_construction.rs b/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/pq_construction.rs
index cbaf478e6..f146ebd9b 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/pq_construction.rs
+++ b/diskann-providers/src/model/pq/pq_construction.rs
@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ mod pq_test {
     use crate::storage::VirtualStorageProvider;
     use approx::assert_relative_eq;
     use diskann::utils::IntoUsize;
+    use diskann_utils::test_data_root;
     use rand_distr::{Distribution, Uniform};
     use rstest::rstest;
     use vfs::{MemoryFS, OverlayFS};
@@ -1235,7 +1236,7 @@ mod pq_test {
     fn read_pivot_metadata_existing_test() {
         // no real data except pivot data.
         const DATA_FILE: &str = "/test/test/fake.bin";
-        const PQ_PIVOT_PATH: &str = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
+        const PQ_PIVOT_PATH: &str = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
         const PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH: &str = "/test/test/fake.bin";
 
         let mut train_data = vec![0.0; 10 * 5];
@@ -1244,11 +1245,7 @@ mod pq_test {
         let num_centers = 256;
         let num_pq_chunks = dim - 1;
         let max_k_means_reps = 10;
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let pq_storage = PQStorage::new(PQ_PIVOT_PATH, PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH, Some(DATA_FILE));
         let pool = create_thread_pool_for_test();
         let result = generate_pq_pivots(
@@ -1428,13 +1425,9 @@ mod pq_test {
         #[case] num_pq_chunks: usize,
     ) {
         // Creates a new filesystem using a read/write MemoryFS with PhysicalFS as a fall-back read-only filesystem.
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
 
-        let data_file = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
+        let data_file = "/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
         let pq_pivots_path = "/pq_pivots_validation.bin";
         let pq_compressed_vectors_path = "/pq_validation.bin";
         let mut pq_storage: PQStorage =
@@ -1679,16 +1672,12 @@ mod pq_test {
     #[test]
     fn pq_end_to_end_validation_with_codebook_test() {
         // Creates a new filesystem using a read/write MemoryFS with PhysicalFS as a fall-back read-only filesystem.
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         type ReaderType = <VirtualStorageProvider<OverlayFS> as StorageReadProvider>::Reader;
 
-        let data_file = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
-        let pq_pivots_path = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
-        let ground_truth_path = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_compressed.bin";
+        let data_file = "/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
+        let pq_pivots_path = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
+        let ground_truth_path = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_compressed.bin";
         let pq_compressed_vectors_path = "/validation.bin";
         let mut pq_storage =
             PQStorage::new(pq_pivots_path, pq_compressed_vectors_path, Some(data_file));
@@ -1785,13 +1774,9 @@ mod pq_test {
         #[case] num_pq_chunks: usize,
     ) {
         // Creates a new filesystem using a read/write MemoryFS with PhysicalFS as a fall-back read-only filesystem.
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
 
-        let data_file = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
+        let data_file = "/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
         let pq_pivots_path = "/pq_pivots_validation.bin";
         let pq_compressed_vectors_path = "/pq_validation.bin";
         let pq_storage: PQStorage =
diff --git a/diskann-providers/src/storage/index_storage.rs b/diskann-providers/src/storage/index_storage.rs
index 674726e5f..7a5d87bfe 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/src/storage/index_storage.rs
+++ b/diskann-providers/src/storage/index_storage.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ mod tests {
         utils::{IntoUsize, ONE},
     };
     use diskann_utils::{
-        Reborrow,
+        Reborrow, test_data_root,
         views::{Matrix, MatrixView},
     };
     use diskann_vector::distance::Metric;
@@ -269,13 +269,9 @@ mod tests {
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_save_and_load() {
         let save_path = "/index";
-        let file_path = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts.fbin";
+        let file_path = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts.fbin";
         let train_data = {
-            let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-                .parent()
-                .unwrap()
-                .to_path_buf();
-            let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+            let storage = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
             let (train_data, npoints, dim) = file_util::load_bin(&storage, file_path, 0).unwrap();
             Matrix::<f32>::try_from(train_data.into(), npoints, dim).unwrap()
         };
diff --git a/diskann-providers/src/storage/pq_storage.rs b/diskann-providers/src/storage/pq_storage.rs
index ddf12593b..99eb78c0a 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/src/storage/pq_storage.rs
+++ b/diskann-providers/src/storage/pq_storage.rs
@@ -436,14 +436,15 @@ impl PQStorage {
 mod pq_storage_tests {
 
     use crate::storage::VirtualStorageProvider;
+    use diskann_utils::test_data_root;
     use vfs::MemoryFS;
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::utils::{gen_random_slice, read_metadata};
 
-    const DATA_FILE: &str = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
-    const PQ_PIVOT_PATH: &str = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
-    const PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH: &str = "/test_data/sift/empty_pq_compressed.bin";
+    const DATA_FILE: &str = "/sift/siftsmall_learn.bin";
+    const PQ_PIVOT_PATH: &str = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_pq_pivots.bin";
+    const PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH: &str = "/sift/empty_pq_compressed.bin";
 
     #[test]
     fn new_test() {
@@ -481,11 +482,7 @@ mod pq_storage_tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn pivot_data_exist_test() {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let result = PQStorage::new(PQ_PIVOT_PATH, PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH, Some(DATA_FILE));
         assert!(result.pivot_data_exist(&storage_provider));
 
@@ -496,11 +493,7 @@ mod pq_storage_tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn read_pivot_metadata_test() {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let result = PQStorage::new(PQ_PIVOT_PATH, PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH, Some(DATA_FILE));
         let (npt, dim) = result
             .read_existing_pivot_metadata(&storage_provider)
@@ -512,11 +505,7 @@ mod pq_storage_tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn load_pivot_data_test() {
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let result = PQStorage::new(PQ_PIVOT_PATH, PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH, Some(DATA_FILE));
         let (pq_pivot_data, centroids, chunk_offsets, _) = result
             .load_existing_pivot_data(&1, &256, &128, &storage_provider, false)
@@ -535,11 +524,7 @@ mod pq_storage_tests {
         // Create dummy OPQ matrix with test data
         let dummy_opq_matrix = vec![1.345; OPQ_MATRIX_SIZE];
 
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let pq_storage = PQStorage::new(PQ_PIVOT_PATH, PQ_COMPRESSED_PATH, Some(DATA_FILE));
 
         // Write OPQ test data
diff --git a/diskann-providers/src/utils/kmeans.rs b/diskann-providers/src/utils/kmeans.rs
index 034210f0b..1653bd4da 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/src/utils/kmeans.rs
+++ b/diskann-providers/src/utils/kmeans.rs
@@ -424,11 +424,10 @@ pub fn k_means_clustering<Pool: AsThreadPool>(
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod kmeans_test {
-    use std::path::PathBuf;
-
     use crate::storage::{StorageReadProvider, VirtualStorageProvider};
     use approx::assert_relative_eq;
     use diskann::ANNErrorKind;
+    use diskann_utils::test_data_root;
     use rstest::rstest;
 
     use super::*;
@@ -713,17 +712,13 @@ mod kmeans_test {
 
     #[test]
     fn k_meanspp_selecting_pivots_should_not_hang() {
-        let test_data_path: &str = "/test_data/kmeans_test_data_file.fbin";
+        let test_data_path: &str = "/kmeans_test_data_file.fbin";
         let dim = 1;
         let num_points = 256;
         let num_centers = 75; // Number of unique points in this dataset
         let mut data: Vec<f32> = Vec::with_capacity(256);
 
-        let workspace_root = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let mut reader =
             std::io::BufReader::new(storage_provider.open_reader(test_data_path).unwrap());
         for _ in 0..256 {
diff --git a/diskann-providers/src/utils/normalizing_util.rs b/diskann-providers/src/utils/normalizing_util.rs
index 517b18afc..8cbad1103 100644
--- a/diskann-providers/src/utils/normalizing_util.rs
+++ b/diskann-providers/src/utils/normalizing_util.rs
@@ -139,21 +139,18 @@ pub fn normalize_data_internal<Pool: AsThreadPool>(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod normalizing_utils_test {
     use crate::storage::{StorageReadProvider, VirtualStorageProvider};
+    use diskann_utils::test_data_root;
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::utils::{create_thread_pool_for_test, storage_utils::*};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_normalize_data_file() {
-        let in_file_name = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts.fbin";
-        let norm_file_name = "/test_data/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts_normalized.fbin";
+        let in_file_name = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts.fbin";
+        let norm_file_name = "/sift/siftsmall_learn_256pts_normalized.fbin";
         let out_file_name = "/siftsmall_learn_256pts_normalized.fbin";
 
-        let workspace_root = std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
-            .parent()
-            .unwrap()
-            .to_path_buf();
-        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(workspace_root);
+        let storage_provider = VirtualStorageProvider::new_overlay(test_data_root());
         let pool = create_thread_pool_for_test();
         normalize_data_file(in_file_name, out_file_name, &storage_provider, &pool).unwrap();