diff --git a/verify-binary.py b/verify-binary.py
index 0e9f0ed69e5cbf25fc7331b3827b13b832846933..283f04df4feedf055b429ebfefb9374f80b6408a 100755
--- a/verify-binary.py
+++ b/verify-binary.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ def verify(tool, command_line_version, platform):
     tool_version, versions = get_build_versions(tool, command_line_version)
 
     # download reference binary
-    file_name = os.path.basename(get_final_file_path(tool, versions, platform))
+    file_name = get_final_file_path(tool, versions, platform)
     os.makedirs('reference', exist_ok=True)
-    reference_file_name = os.path.join('reference', file_name)
+    reference_file_name = os.path.join('reference', os.path.basename(file_name))
     # try downloading from maven central
     check_call(['wget', '--no-verbose', get_url(tool, versions, platform), '-O',
                 reference_file_name])