diff --git a/test/plugins/ruby.plugin.bats b/test/plugins/ruby.plugin.bats
index c5f13733..8d0b53e9 100755
--- a/test/plugins/ruby.plugin.bats
+++ b/test/plugins/ruby.plugin.bats
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ load ../../plugins/available/ruby.plugin
     skip 'ruby not installed'
   fi
 
-  last_path_entry=$(echo $PATH | tr ":" "\n" | tail -1);
+  # Reset the path for this test to ensure that the ruby directory is not part of the path yet.
+  PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+
+  # Then load the ruby plugin again to ensure that the ruby path is appended at the end of the path
+  load ../../plugins/available/ruby.plugin
+
+  local last_path_entry=$(echo $PATH | tr ":" "\n" | tail -1)
   [[ "${last_path_entry}" == "${HOME}"/.gem/ruby/*/bin ]]
 }