diff --git a/git_annex_adapter/process.py b/git_annex_adapter/process.py
index 6ddb985..bbd0ab8 100644
--- a/git_annex_adapter/process.py
+++ b/git_annex_adapter/process.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class GitAnnexBatchProcess:
     _procclass = Process
 
     def __init__(self, args, workdir):
-        self.args = ('git', 'annex', *args)
+        self.args = ('@gitAnnex@', *args)
         self.workdir = workdir
         self._process = None
         self._dead_process = None
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ class ProcessRunner:
 class GitAnnexRunner(ProcessRunner):
     """Helper class to run git-annex commands."""
     def __init__(self, args_prefix, workdir):
-        args_prefix = ('git-annex', *args_prefix)
+        args_prefix = ('@gitAnnex@', *args_prefix)
         super().__init__(args_prefix, workdir)
 
     def __call__(self, *args_suffix):
diff --git a/tests/test_process.py b/tests/test_process.py
index ed619bb..9335078 100644
--- a/tests/test_process.py
+++ b/tests/test_process.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class TestProcessOnEmptyAnnex(TempAnnexTestCase):
     def test_process_annex_metadata_batch(self):
         """Process should be able to read one line"""
         with Process(
-            ['git', 'annex', 'metadata', '--batch', '--json'],
+            ['@gitAnnex@', 'metadata', '--batch', '--json'],
             str(self.tempdir),
         ) as proc:
             proc.writeline(
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class TestProcessOnEmptyAnnex(TempAnnexTestCase):
     def test_jsonprocess_annex_metadata_batch(self):
         """JsonProcess should encode and decode properly"""
         with JsonProcess(
-            ['git', 'annex', 'metadata', '--batch', '--json'],
+            ['@gitAnnex@', 'metadata', '--batch', '--json'],
             str(self.tempdir),
         ) as proc:
             obj = proc({'key':'SHA256E-s0--0'})
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class TestProcessOnEmptyAnnex(TempAnnexTestCase):
     def test_process_annex_info_batch(self):
         """Process should be able to read multiple lines"""
         with Process(
-            ['git', 'annex', 'info', '--batch'],
+            ['@gitAnnex@', 'info', '--batch'],
             str(self.tempdir),
         ) as proc:
             proc.writeline('here')
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 281ee3f..969aedc 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class TempAnnexTestCase(TempRepoTestCase):
         # Have to uninit before cleaning directory, since git-annex
         # marks its objects read-only so that they don't get deleted.
         subprocess.run(
-            ['git', 'annex', 'uninit'],
+            ['@gitAnnex@', 'uninit'],
             cwd=self.repo.workdir,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class TempAnnexTestCase(TempRepoTestCase):
         path.write_text(text)
 
         subprocess.run(
-            ['git', 'annex', 'add', '--quiet', relpath],
+            ['@gitAnnex@', 'add', '--quiet', relpath],
             cwd=self.repo.workdir,
             check=True,
         )