diff --git a/sunkit_image/conftest.py b/sunkit_image/conftest.py
index f1ef5dab..3596338f 100644
--- a/sunkit_image/conftest.py
+++ b/sunkit_image/conftest.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import logging
 import tempfile
 import warnings
+from pathlib import Path
 import importlib.util
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ def _tmp_config_dir(request):
     tmpdir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
 
     os.environ["SUNPY_CONFIGDIR"] = str(tmpdir.name)
-    astropy.config.paths.set_temp_config._temp_path = tmpdir.name
-    astropy.config.paths.set_temp_cache._temp_path = tmpdir.name
+    astropy.config.paths.set_temp_config._temp_path = Path(tmpdir.name)
+    astropy.config.paths.set_temp_cache._temp_path = Path(tmpdir.name)
 
     yield
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ def tmp_dl_dir(request):
     """
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
         os.environ["SUNPY_DOWNLOADDIR"] = tmpdir
-        yield tmpdir
+        yield Path(tmpdir)
         del os.environ["SUNPY_DOWNLOADDIR"]