diff --git a/scripts/parse_xml_report.py b/scripts/parse_xml_report.py
index 902b31f0acfd1ad27a1413e7fc06cc4f6717f7be..d1c5f30e476abe4c66f27647a4952df1963491a9 100644
--- a/scripts/parse_xml_report.py
+++ b/scripts/parse_xml_report.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ IVAS_CATEGORIES = {
 EVS_CATEGORIES = {
     "Normal operation": r".*",
     "DTX": r"DTX",
-    "PLC": r"b10|f06",
+    "PLC": r"b10|f06|EPF",
     "Bitrate switching": r"sw",
     "JBM": r"JBM",
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_26444.py b/tests/test_26444.py
index 08d0ff77c5baed9e51243046d39040e97627d073..2372f0d837da0c68cd05f5e0ce37caee54ad5467 100644
--- a/tests/test_26444.py
+++ b/tests/test_26444.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ def test_evs_26444(
             if enc_opts:
                 for file in [ref, test]:
                     output_config = ""  # Empty for EVS operation
-                    in_file = file
-                    out_file = file + ".wav"
+                    in_file = os.path.abspath(file)
+                    out_file = os.path.abspath(file + ".wav")
                     add_option_list = []
                     ref_decoder_frontend.run(
                         output_config,
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ def test_evs_26444(
                         add_option_list=add_option_list,
                     )
                 fs = int(sampling_rate) * 1000
-                reffile = ref + ".wav"
-                testfile = test + ".wav"
+                reffile = os.path.abspath(ref + ".wav")
+                testfile = os.path.abspath(test + ".wav")
             else:
                 fs = int(re.search(r"(\d+)kHz", ref).group(1)) * 1000
                 # pyaudio3dtools.audiofile.readfile only handles .wav, .pcm and .raw suffixes.