diff --git a/backends/arm/scripts/setup-dev-env.sh b/backends/arm/scripts/setup-dev-env.sh
index b8c9b3b44cd..7e3dd2f8f0d 100755
--- a/backends/arm/scripts/setup-dev-env.sh
+++ b/backends/arm/scripts/setup-dev-env.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2025 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright 2025-2026 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 git_dir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir)
-ln $git_dir/../backends/arm/scripts/pre-push $git_dir/hooks
-ln $git_dir/../backends/arm/scripts/pre-commit $git_dir/hooks
\ No newline at end of file
+ln -s "$(realpath "$git_dir/../backends/arm/scripts/pre-push")" "$(realpath "$git_dir")/hooks"
+ln -s "$(realpath "$git_dir/../backends/arm/scripts/pre-commit")" "$(realpath "$git_dir")/hooks"
\ No newline at end of file