diff --git a/packages/protons/test/fixtures/empty.proto b/packages/protons/test/bad-fixtures/empty.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/protons/test/fixtures/empty.proto
rename to packages/protons/test/bad-fixtures/empty.proto
diff --git a/packages/protons/test/fixtures/proto2.proto b/packages/protons/test/bad-fixtures/proto2.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/protons/test/fixtures/proto2.proto
rename to packages/protons/test/bad-fixtures/proto2.proto
diff --git a/packages/protons/test/unsupported.spec.ts b/packages/protons/test/unsupported.spec.ts
index 1e9ad25..7f29154 100644
--- a/packages/protons/test/unsupported.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/protons/test/unsupported.spec.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import { generate } from '../src/index.js'
 
 describe('unsupported', () => {
   it('should refuse to generate source from proto2 definition', async () => {
-    await expect(generate('test/fixtures/proto2.proto', {})).to.eventually.be.rejected
+    await expect(generate('test/bad-fixtures/proto2.proto', {})).to.eventually.be.rejected
       .with.property('message').that.contain('"required" fields are not allowed in proto3')
   })
 
   it('should refuse to generate source from empty definition', async () => {
-    await expect(generate('test/fixtures/empty.proto', {})).to.eventually.be.rejected
+    await expect(generate('test/bad-fixtures/empty.proto', {})).to.eventually.be.rejected
       .with.property('message').that.contain('No top-level messages found in protobuf')
   })
 })