diff --git a/src/Kiota.Builder/Lock/LockManagementService.cs b/src/Kiota.Builder/Lock/LockManagementService.cs
index db4a17c30d..a38bb60910 100644
--- a/src/Kiota.Builder/Lock/LockManagementService.cs
+++ b/src/Kiota.Builder/Lock/LockManagementService.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ private static string GetRelativeDescriptionPath(string descriptionPath, string
     {
         if (IsDescriptionLocal(descriptionPath) &&
             Path.GetDirectoryName(lockFilePath) is string lockFileDirectoryPath)
-            return Path.GetRelativePath(lockFileDirectoryPath, descriptionPath);
+        {
+            var relativePath = Path.GetRelativePath(lockFileDirectoryPath, descriptionPath);
+            if (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar != '/')
+                relativePath = relativePath.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, '/');
+            return relativePath;
+        }
         return descriptionPath;
     }
     /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Lock/LockManagementServiceTests.cs b/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Lock/LockManagementServiceTests.cs
index a00aafe3ff..f88c264885 100644
--- a/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Lock/LockManagementServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Kiota.Builder.Tests/Lock/LockManagementServiceTests.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public async Task UsesRelativePaths()
         var outputDirectory = Path.Combine(tmpPath, "output");
         Directory.CreateDirectory(outputDirectory);
         await lockManagementService.WriteLockFileAsync(outputDirectory, lockFile);
-        Assert.Equal($"..{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}information{Path.DirectorySeparatorChar}description.yml", lockFile.DescriptionLocation, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        Assert.Equal("../information/description.yml", lockFile.DescriptionLocation, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
     }
     [Fact]
     public async Task DeletesALock()