diff --git a/docs/changes/newsfragments/191.bugfix b/docs/changes/newsfragments/191.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2c3dede9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/newsfragments/191.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug in which relative paths in the YAML ``with`` directive would be computed relative to the current working directory of the process instead of the location of the YAML file by `Fede Raimondo`_.
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diff --git a/docs/changes/newsfragments/214.enh b/docs/changes/newsfragments/214.enh
deleted file mode 100644
index dcd629ae6..000000000
--- a/docs/changes/newsfragments/214.enh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add missing ``abstractmethod`` decorators for ``get_valid_inputs`` methods of :class:`junifer.markers.BaseMarker` and :class:`junifer.preprocess.BasePreprocessor` by `Synchon Mandal`_
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diff --git a/junifer/api/parser.py b/junifer/api/parser.py
index 18d37552c..8111f39f6 100644
--- a/junifer/api/parser.py
+++ b/junifer/api/parser.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import importlib
 import importlib.util
-import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Union
@@ -56,7 +55,8 @@ def parse_yaml(filepath: Union[str, Path]) -> Dict:
         for t_module in to_load:
             if t_module.endswith(".py"):
                 logger.debug(f"Importing file: {t_module}")
-                file_path = Path(os.getcwd()) / t_module
+                # This resolves both absolute and relative paths
+                file_path = filepath.parent / t_module
                 if not file_path.exists():
                     raise_error(
                         f"File in 'with' section does not exist: {file_path}"
diff --git a/junifer/api/tests/test_parser.py b/junifer/api/tests/test_parser.py
index e61ff9fdb..6585a1809 100644
--- a/junifer/api/tests/test_parser.py
+++ b/junifer/api/tests/test_parser.py
@@ -75,3 +75,63 @@ def test_parse_yaml_failure_with_multi_module_autoload(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     # Check test file
     with pytest.raises(ImportError, match="wrong_config"):
         parse_yaml(fname)
+
+
+def test_parse_yaml_relative_path(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Test YAML parsing with relative paths in with.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tmp_path : pathlib.Path
+        The path to the test directory.
+
+    """
+    t_tmp_path = tmp_path / "test_relative_with"
+
+    # Write .py to include
+    py_path = t_tmp_path / "external"
+    py_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+    py_fname = py_path / "first.py"
+    py_fname.write_text("import numpy as np\n")
+
+    # Write yaml that includes a relative path
+    yaml_path = t_tmp_path / "yamls"
+    yaml_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+    yaml_fname = yaml_path / "test_parse_yaml_relative_path.yaml"
+
+    yaml_fname.write_text(
+        "foo: bar\nwith:\n  - ../external/first.py\n  - scipy\n"
+    )
+
+    # Check test file
+    parse_yaml(yaml_fname)
+
+
+def test_parse_yaml_absolute_path(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Test YAML parsing with absolute paths in with.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tmp_path : pathlib.Path
+        The path to the test directory.
+
+    """
+    t_tmp_path = tmp_path / "test_relative_with"
+
+    # Write .py to include
+    py_path = t_tmp_path / "external"
+    py_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+    py_fname = py_path / "first.py"
+    py_fname.write_text("import numpy as np\n")
+
+    # Write yaml that includes a relative path
+    yaml_path = t_tmp_path / "yamls"
+    yaml_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+    yaml_fname = yaml_path / "test_parse_yaml_relative_path.yaml"
+
+    yaml_fname.write_text(
+        f"foo: bar\nwith:\n  - {py_fname.absolute()}\n  - scipy\n"
+    )
+
+    # Check test file
+    parse_yaml(yaml_fname)
diff --git a/junifer/markers/base.py b/junifer/markers/base.py
index c78097c5d..ba1c03da2 100644
--- a/junifer/markers/base.py
+++ b/junifer/markers/base.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class BaseMarker(ABC, PipelineStepMixin, UpdateMetaMixin):
             raise ValueError(f"{self.name} cannot be computed on {wrong_on}")
         self._on = on
 
-    @abstractmethod
     def get_valid_inputs(self) -> List[str]:
         """Get valid data types for input.
 
diff --git a/junifer/preprocess/base.py b/junifer/preprocess/base.py
index 2423cc251..c9f8b97e9 100644
--- a/junifer/preprocess/base.py
+++ b/junifer/preprocess/base.py
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class BasePreprocessor(ABC, PipelineStepMixin, UpdateMetaMixin):
             klass=NotImplementedError,
         )
 
-    @abstractmethod
     def get_valid_inputs(self) -> List[str]:
         """Get valid data types for input.