diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 10f0b5704..4d873869b 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   </condition>
 
   <property name="examples.dir"
-            location="processing-examples" />
+            location="../processing-examples" />
 
   <!-- 17.0.8+7 -->
   <property name="jdk.train" value="17" />