diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f9870aa..83e6aa11 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 # Release History
 
-## v4.1.0 (2022-05-22)
+## v4.1.0 (2022-05-23)
 
 - feat: add `wiki` sub-command to open httprunner website
 
+**go version**
+
+- fix #1309: locate plugin file upward recursively until system root dir
+
 ## v4.1.0-beta (2022-05-21)
 
 - feat: add pre-commit-hook to format go/python code
diff --git a/hrp/plugin.go b/hrp/plugin.go
index ab2f34e6..67a86cfe 100644
--- a/hrp/plugin.go
+++ b/hrp/plugin.go
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ func locatePlugin(path string) (pluginPath string, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	log.Warn().Err(err).Str("path", path).Msg("plugin file not found")
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("plugin file not found")
 }
 
-// locateFile searches destFile upward recursively until current
-// working directory or system root dir.
+// locateFile searches destFile upward recursively until system root dir
 func locateFile(startPath string, destFile string) (string, error) {
 	stat, err := os.Stat(startPath)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ func locateFile(startPath string, destFile string) (string, error) {
 		return pluginPath, nil
 	}
 
-	// current working directory
-	cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
-	if startDir == cwd {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("searched to CWD, plugin file not found")
-	}
-
 	// system root dir
 	parentDir, _ := filepath.Abs(filepath.Dir(startDir))
 	if parentDir == startDir {