1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/json2c.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/json2c.py
index e7babc0e4..5a2fb96c7 100755
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/json2c.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/json2c.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def json2c(cli):
     if cli.args.output:
         cli.args.output.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         if cli.args.output.exists():
-            cli.args.output.replace(cli.args.output.name + '.bak')
+            cli.args.output.replace(cli.args.output.parent / (cli.args.output.name + '.bak'))
         cli.args.output.write_text(keymap_c)
 
         if not cli.args.quiet: