diff --git a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py
index 2787c8d9..d6394ff2 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ from vertexai.agent_engines import AdkApp
 
 if {is_config_agent}:
   from google.adk.agents import config_agent_utils
-  root_agent = config_agent_utils.from_config("{agent_folder}/root_agent.yaml")
+  config_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "root_agent.yaml")
+  root_agent = config_agent_utils.from_config(config_path)
 else:
   from .agent import {adk_app_object}
 
diff --git a/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_deploy.py b/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_deploy.py
index 43b9e07a..36484da1 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_deploy.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_deploy.py
@@ -226,6 +226,19 @@ def test_get_service_option_by_adk_version(
   assert actual.rstrip() == expected.rstrip()
 
 
+def test_agent_engine_app_template_compiles_with_windows_paths() -> None:
+  """It should not emit invalid Python when paths contain `\\u` segments."""
+  rendered = cli_deploy._AGENT_ENGINE_APP_TEMPLATE.format(
+      is_config_agent=True,
+      agent_folder=r".\user_agent_tmp20260101_000000",
+      adk_app_object="root_agent",
+      adk_app_type="agent",
+      trace_to_cloud_option=False,
+      express_mode=False,
+  )
+  compile(rendered, "<agent_engine_app.py>", "exec")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("include_requirements", [True, False])
 def test_to_agent_engine_happy_path(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,