diff --git a/Code/Tools/AssetBundler/tests/tests_main.cpp b/Code/Tools/AssetBundler/tests/tests_main.cpp
index 29f9970f35..5f68e7870b 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/AssetBundler/tests/tests_main.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/AssetBundler/tests/tests_main.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ namespace AssetBundler
             if (!AZ::SettingsRegistry::Get())
             {
                 AZ::SettingsRegistry::Register(&m_registry);
+                auto projectPathKey = AZ::SettingsRegistryInterface::FixedValueString(AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::BootstrapSettingsRootKey)
+                    + "/project_path";
+                m_registry.Set(projectPathKey, "AutomatedTesting");
+                AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::MergeSettingsToRegistry_AddRuntimeFilePaths(m_registry);
             }
 
             AZ::IO::FixedMaxPath engineRoot = AZ::Utils::GetEnginePath();
diff --git a/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h b/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h
index f4a24bf629..eafd2bf47d 100644
--- a/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h
+++ b/Gems/AssetValidation/Code/Tests/AssetValidationTestShared.h
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ struct AssetValidationTest
         {
             AZ::SettingsRegistry::Register(&m_registry);
 
+            AZ::SettingsRegistry::Register(&m_registry);
+            auto projectPathKey = AZ::SettingsRegistryInterface::FixedValueString(AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::BootstrapSettingsRootKey)
+                + "/project_path";
+            m_registry.Set(projectPathKey, "AutomatedTesting");
             AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::MergeSettingsToRegistry_AddRuntimeFilePaths(m_registry);
             // Set the engine root to the temporary directory and re-update the runtime file paths
             auto enginePathKey = AZ::SettingsRegistryInterface::FixedValueString(AZ::SettingsRegistryMergeUtils::BootstrapSettingsRootKey)