diff --git a/Sources/Container-Compose/Commands/ComposeUp.swift b/Sources/Container-Compose/Commands/ComposeUp.swift
index 126d637..fe52d00 100644
--- a/Sources/Container-Compose/Commands/ComposeUp.swift
+++ b/Sources/Container-Compose/Commands/ComposeUp.swift
@@ -664,13 +664,15 @@ public struct ComposeUp: AsyncParsableCommand, @unchecked Sendable {
             var isDirectory: ObjCBool = false
             // Ensure the path is absolute or relative to the current directory for FileManager
             let fullHostPath = (source.starts(with: "/") || source.starts(with: "~")) ? source : (cwd + "/" + source)
+            // Normalize the path to remove ./ and ../ components, and convert to absolute path
+            let normalizedHostPath = URL(fileURLWithPath: fullHostPath).standardizedFileURL.path(percentEncoded: false)
 
-            if fileManager.fileExists(atPath: fullHostPath, isDirectory: &isDirectory) {
+            if fileManager.fileExists(atPath: normalizedHostPath, isDirectory: &isDirectory) {
                 if isDirectory.boolValue {
                     // Host path exists and is a directory, add the volume
                     runCommandArgs.append("-v")
-                    // Reconstruct the volume string without mode, ensuring it's source:destination
-                    runCommandArgs.append("\(source):\(destination)")  // Use original source for command argument
+                    // Use normalized absolute path for container command (container tool requires absolute paths)
+                    runCommandArgs.append("\(normalizedHostPath):\(destination)")
                 } else {
                     // Host path exists but is a file
                     print("Warning: Volume mount source '\(source)' is a file. The 'container' tool does not support direct file mounts. Skipping this volume.")
@@ -678,12 +680,13 @@ public struct ComposeUp: AsyncParsableCommand, @unchecked Sendable {
             } else {
                 // Host path does not exist, assume it's meant to be a directory and try to create it.
                 do {
-                    try fileManager.createDirectory(atPath: fullHostPath, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
-                    print("Info: Created missing host directory for volume: \(fullHostPath)")
+                    try fileManager.createDirectory(atPath: normalizedHostPath, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)
+                    print("Info: Created missing host directory for volume: \(normalizedHostPath)")
                     runCommandArgs.append("-v")
-                    runCommandArgs.append("\(source):\(destination)")  // Use original source for command argument
+                    // Use normalized absolute path for container command (container tool requires absolute paths)
+                    runCommandArgs.append("\(normalizedHostPath):\(destination)")
                 } catch {
-                    print("Error: Could not create host directory '\(fullHostPath)' for volume '\(resolvedVolume)': \(error.localizedDescription). Skipping this volume.")
+                    print("Error: Could not create host directory '\(normalizedHostPath)' for volume '\(resolvedVolume)': \(error.localizedDescription). Skipping this volume.")
                 }
             }
         } else {