--- a/src/cpp/session/include/session/SessionConstants.hpp
+++ b/src/cpp/session/include/session/SessionConstants.hpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 #ifdef QUARTO_ENABLED
 # define kDefaultPandocPath        "bin/quarto/bin"
 #else
-# define kDefaultPandocPath        "bin/pandoc"
+# define kDefaultPandocPath        "@pandoc@"
 #endif
 
 #define kDefaultQuartoPath         "bin/quarto"