diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 9e3ff41..d56205b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Continuous Deployment
+name: cd
 on:
   push:
     tags:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d57588e..a952e0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - Bash/Zsh: fix `z` failing on Cygwin/MSYS2 due to `cygpath` being passed a bad string.
+- Nushell: `z` now handles relative paths through symlinked directories.
 
 ## [0.10.0] - 2026-07-04
 
diff --git a/templates/nushell.txt b/templates/nushell.txt
index 2cf358a..e2aa661 100644
--- a/templates/nushell.txt
+++ b/templates/nushell.txt
@@ -57,15 +57,14 @@ export-env {
 
 # Jump to a directory using only keywords.
 export def --env --wrapped __zoxide_z [...rest: directory] {
-  let path = match $rest {
-    [] => {'~'},
-    [ '-' ] => {'-'},
-    [ $arg ] if ($arg | path expand | path type) == 'dir' => {$arg}
+  match $rest {
+    [] => { cd ~ },
+    [ '-' ] => { cd - },
+    [ $arg ] if (try { cd $arg; true } catch { false }) => {},
     _ => {
-      ^zoxide query --exclude $env.PWD -- ...$rest | str trim -r -c "\n"
+      cd (^zoxide query --exclude $env.PWD -- ...$rest | str trim -r -c "\n")
     }
   }
-  cd $path
 {%- if echo %}
   echo $env.PWD
 {%- endif %}