diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/dependencies.js.snap b/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/dependencies.js.snap
index 7199851cd55bd..0b51db930db66 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/dependencies.js.snap
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/dependencies.js.snap
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Object {
   ],
   "presets": Array [
     Array [
-      "@babel/preset-env",
+      "<PROJECT_ROOT>/node_modules/@babel/preset-env/lib/index.js",
       Object {
         "corejs": 2,
         "exclude": Array [
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/dependencies.js b/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/dependencies.js
index c26fac98d1f45..8d9274debc96c 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/dependencies.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-gatsby/src/dependencies.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module.exports = function(api, options = {}) {
     presets: [
       [
         // Latest stable ECMAScript features
-        `@babel/preset-env`,
+        resolve(`@babel/preset-env`),
         {
           // Allow importing core-js in entrypoint and use browserlist to select polyfills
           useBuiltIns: `usage`,