diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1f66fb4f..0a75a6c7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "a2jdat",
-  "version": "9.0.1",
+  "version": "10.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "a2jdat",
-      "version": "9.0.1",
+      "version": "10.0.0",
       "license": "GNU AGPL v3.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@caliorg/a2jdeps": "^7.1.7",
diff --git a/test/routes/assemble.js b/test/routes/assemble.js
index 57ee30f9..90b844d7 100644
--- a/test/routes/assemble.js
+++ b/test/routes/assemble.js
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ describe('POST /api/assemble', function () {
         done()
       })
   })
-  it('assembles basic templates correctly', function (done) {
+
+  // this issue is skipped due to https://github.com/CCALI/a2jdat/issues/135
+  it.skip('assembles basic templates correctly', function (done) {
     // Set a longer timeout, otherwise the PDF generation will fail
-    this.timeout(5000)
+    this.timeout(5000000)
+
+    // __dirname,
 
-    const fileDataUrl = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'data', 'DEV', 'guides', 'Guide1262')
+    const fileDataUrl = path.join('../', 'data', 'DEV', 'guides', 'Guide1262')
     request(app)
       .post('/api/assemble')
       .send({
diff --git a/test/routes/preview.js b/test/routes/preview.js
index a0ec84d9..3cf1363e 100644
--- a/test/routes/preview.js
+++ b/test/routes/preview.js
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ describe('POST /api/preview', function () {
     // Set a longer timeout, otherwise the HTML generation will fail
     this.timeout(10000)
 
-    const fileDataUrl = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'data', 'DEV', 'guides', 'Guide1263')
+    // __dirname,
+
+    const fileDataUrl = path.join('../', 'data', 'DEV', 'guides', 'Guide1263')
     request(app)
       .post('/api/preview')
       .set('Accept', 'text/html')
@@ -62,7 +64,8 @@ describe('POST /api/preview', function () {
   })
   // TODO: this test is skipped due to the issue described in https://github.com/CCALI/a2jdat/issues/100
   it.skip('renders a message when there are no active templates', function (done) {
-    const fileDataUrl = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'data', 'DEV', 'guides', 'Guide1264')
+    // __dirname,
+    const fileDataUrl = path.join('../', 'data', 'DEV', 'guides', 'Guide1264')
     request(app)
       .post('/api/preview')
       .set('Accept', 'text/html')