diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 84a81101..96889561 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -17,13 +17,7 @@ This step assumes you already built Falco.
 
 Note that the tests are intended to be run against a [release build](https://falco.org/docs/getting-started/source/#specify-the-build-type) of Falco, at the moment.
 
-Also, it assumes you prepared [falco_traces](#falco_traces) (see the section below) and you already run the following command from the build directory:
-
-```console
-make test-trace-files
-```
-
-It prepares the fixtures (`json` and `scap` files) needed by the integration tests.
+Also, it assumes you prepared [falco_traces](#falco_traces) (see the section below).
 
 **Requirements**
 
diff --git a/test/requirements.txt b/test/requirements.txt
index 62f3ee3c..5212617d 100644
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ idna==2.9
 pathtools==0.1.2
 pbr==5.4.5
 PyYAML==5.4
-requests==2.23.0
+requests==2.26.0
 six==1.14.0
 stevedore==1.32.0
 urllib3==1.26.5
diff --git a/test/run_regression_tests.sh b/test/run_regression_tests.sh
index 5cb139e5..b2c1722d 100755
--- a/test/run_regression_tests.sh
+++ b/test/run_regression_tests.sh
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ function run_tests() {
         XUNIT_FILE_NAME="${XUNIT_DIR}/$(basename "${mult}").xml"
         CMD="avocado run --xunit ${XUNIT_FILE_NAME} --mux-yaml $mult --job-results-dir $SCRIPTDIR/job-results -- $SCRIPTDIR/falco_test.py"
         echo "Running $CMD"
+        pushd $TRACE_DIR > /dev/null
         BUILD_DIR=${OPT_BUILD_DIR} $CMD
+        popd > /dev/null
         RC=$?
         TEST_RC=$((TEST_RC+RC))
         if [ $RC -ne 0 ]; then