diff --git a/.github/workflows/codespell-private.yml b/.github/workflows/codespell-private.yml
index 88dd8aa2d1..e21f83e401 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codespell-private.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codespell-private.yml
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ jobs:
       - run: codespell --version
       - run: make check
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-      - run: codespell --check-filenames --skip="./.git/*,*.pyc,./codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py,./codespell_lib/data/*,./example/code.c,./build/lib/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py,./build/lib/codespell_lib/data/*,README.rst,*.egg-info/*"
+      - run: codespell --check-filenames --skip="./.git/*,*.pyc,./tests/test_basic.py,./codespell_lib/data/*,./example/code.c,./build/lib/tests/test_basic.py,./build/lib/codespell_lib/data/*,README.rst,*.egg-info/*"
       # this file has an error
-      - run: "! codespell codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py"
+      - run: "! codespell tests/test_basic.py"
 
   make-check-dictionaries:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1757974280..baee2a3cdc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ check-dictionaries:
 		fi; \
 	done
 	@if command -v pytest > /dev/null; then \
-		pytest codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py; \
+		pytest tests/test_dictionary.py; \
 	else \
 		echo "Test dependencies not present, install using 'pip install -e \".[dev]\"'"; \
 		exit 1; \
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ flake8:
 
 pytest:
 	@if command -v pytest > /dev/null; then \
-		pytest codespell_lib; \
+		pytest tests; \
 	else \
 		echo "Test dependencies not present, install using 'pip install -e \".[dev]\"'"; \
 		exit 1; \
diff --git a/codespell_lib/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from codespell_lib/tests/__init__.py
rename to tests/__init__.py
diff --git a/codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
similarity index 100%
rename from codespell_lib/tests/test_basic.py
rename to tests/test_basic.py
diff --git a/codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py b/tests/test_dictionary.py
similarity index 99%
rename from codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py
rename to tests/test_dictionary.py
index 327c647d2f..8cc31d96d1 100644
--- a/codespell_lib/tests/test_dictionary.py
+++ b/tests/test_dictionary.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 global_pairs: Set[Tuple[str, str]] = set()
 
 # Filename, should be seen as errors in aspell or not
-_data_dir = op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '..', 'data')
+_data_dir = op.join(op.dirname(__file__), '..', 'codespell_lib', 'data')
 _fnames_in_aspell = [
     (op.join(_data_dir, 'dictionary%s.txt' % d[2]), d[3:5], d[5:7])
     for d in _builtin_dictionaries]