diff --git a/gh-pages-template/index.html b/gh-pages-template/index.html
index 69fccbf49..d048bf86e 100644
--- a/gh-pages-template/index.html
+++ b/gh-pages-template/index.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   - href: "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/plotly.js/3.1.1/plotly.min.js"
     sri: "sha512-QaIUFweb9pyRnQZEYIujSDTHndibSwqsTSb69aedsfAAUpJRUE5yyYfaNAJIbTDuNECyHR/Cc0N7lQJrp0IEpA=="
   - href: "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/4.0.0/jquery.min.js"
-    sri: "sha512-YuCuk5nNmVIUfKROKeV3fpZZ5Vt9vsnq8nExr5JwEJc2r1YDVmDfujcq373eHIzjqdxwCzoKpxngIaAdRUyg3A=="
+    sri: "sha512-8LENNbXmzI/Gbj+OwXmqR6V4QaUAw0/porPzy1+dQoJqC0JPHedWoe0DDOTL2uHA5XXJyIsPtiMHH86pVlay6A=="
   - href: https://cdn.datatables.net/2.3.7/js/dataTables.min.js
   - href: https://cdn.datatables.net/2.3.7/js/dataTables.bootstrap5.min.js
   - href: https://cdn.datatables.net/autofill/2.7.1/js/dataTables.autoFill.min.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   - href: https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/3.2.6/js/buttons.html5.min.js
 
 js:
-  - /dashboard/assets/js/dashboard.js
+  - /assets/js/dashboard.js
 ---
 
 <script>
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_templates.py b/tests/unit/test_templates.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8737e503e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_templates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# standard imports
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+TEMPLATE_DIR = Path(__file__).parents[2] / 'gh-pages-template'
+
+
+def test_dashboard_script_path_uses_site_base_url():
+    """Keep the dashboard script path relative to Jekyll's configured project-site base URL."""
+    template = (TEMPLATE_DIR / 'index.html').read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+
+    assert '  - /assets/js/dashboard.js' in template
+    assert '  - /dashboard/assets/js/dashboard.js' not in template