diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8606dfa7ed8..a024b2ae4c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 - We fixed an issue where the article title with colon fails to download the arXiv link (pdf file). [#7660](https://github.com/JabRef/issues/7660)
 - We fixed an issue where the keybinding for delete entry did not work on the main table [7580](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/7580)
 - We fixed an issue where the RFC fetcher is not compatible with the draft [7305](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7305)
+- We fixed an issue where the `Aux file` on `Edit group` doesn't support relative sub-directories path to import. [#7719](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/7719).
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java
index 49becd539d6..11fe996adcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ private void setupValidation() {
                     if (StringUtil.isBlank(input)) {
                         return false;
                     } else {
-                        Path texFilePath = preferencesService.getWorkingDir().resolve(input);
+                        Path texFilePath = getAbsoluteTexGroupPath(input);
                         if (!Files.isRegularFile(texFilePath)) {
                             return false;
                         }
@@ -263,6 +263,16 @@ private void setupValidation() {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * gets the absolute path relative to getLatexFileDirectory, if given a relative path
+     * @param input the user input path
+     * @return an absolute path
+     */
+    private Path getAbsoluteTexGroupPath(String input) {
+        Optional<Path> latexFileDirectory = currentDatabase.getMetaData().getLatexFileDirectory(preferencesService.getUser());
+        return latexFileDirectory.map(path -> path.resolve(input)).orElse(Path.of(input));
+    }
+
     public void validationHandler(Event event) {
         ValidationStatus validationStatus = validator.getValidationStatus();
         if (validationStatus.getHighestMessage().isPresent()) {
@@ -335,12 +345,10 @@ public AbstractGroup resultConverter(ButtonType button) {
                             FieldFactory.parseField(autoGroupPersonsFieldProperty.getValue().trim()));
                 }
             } else if (typeTexProperty.getValue()) {
-                // issue 7719: add workingDir to filepath if it is relative
-                Path inputPath = preferencesService.getWorkingDir().resolve(Path.of(texGroupFilePathProperty.getValue().trim()));
                 resultingGroup = TexGroup.create(
                         groupName,
                         groupHierarchySelectedProperty.getValue(),
-                        inputPath,
+                        Path.of(texGroupFilePathProperty.getValue().trim()),
                         new DefaultAuxParser(new BibDatabase()),
                         Globals.getFileUpdateMonitor(),
                         currentDatabase.getMetaData());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/DefaultFileUpdateMonitor.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/DefaultFileUpdateMonitor.java
index 2a4bc417b51..588e7616b07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/DefaultFileUpdateMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/DefaultFileUpdateMonitor.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ private void notifyAboutChange(Path path) {
     public void addListenerForFile(Path file, FileUpdateListener listener) throws IOException {
         if (isActive()) {
             // We can't watch files directly, so monitor their parent directory for updates
-            // toAbsolutePath() will add the path to Jabref as home directory to file, if file is not a absolute path
             Path directory = file.toAbsolutePath().getParent();
             directory.register(watcher, StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_CREATE, StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_MODIFY);
             listeners.put(file, listener);