diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 212c3cc..429e9ad 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -6643,7 +6643,8 @@ function run() {
             const name = core.getInput(constants_1.Inputs.Name, { required: false });
             const path = core.getInput(constants_1.Inputs.Path, { required: false });
             let resolvedPath;
-            if (path === '~' || path.startsWith(`~${path_1.sep}`)) {
+            // resolve tilde expansions, path.replace only replaces the first occurrence of a pattern
+            if (path.startsWith(`~`)) {
                 resolvedPath = path_1.resolve(path.replace('~', os.homedir()));
             }
             else {
diff --git a/src/download-artifact.ts b/src/download-artifact.ts
index 5621fec..b32a7be 100644
--- a/src/download-artifact.ts
+++ b/src/download-artifact.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as artifact from '@actions/artifact'
 import * as os from 'os'
-import {resolve, sep} from 'path'
+import {resolve} from 'path'
 import {Inputs, Outputs} from './constants'
 
 async function run(): Promise<void> {
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const path = core.getInput(Inputs.Path, {required: false})
 
     let resolvedPath
-    if (path === '~' || path.startsWith(`~${sep}`)) {
+    // resolve tilde expansions, path.replace only replaces the first occurrence of a pattern
+    if (path.startsWith(`~`)) {
       resolvedPath = resolve(path.replace('~', os.homedir()))
     } else {
       resolvedPath = resolve(path)