diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/style_render.py b/pandas/io/formats/style_render.py
index c0f0608f1ab32..ab5e9cabfa099 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/style_render.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/style_render.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     Sequence,
 )
 from functools import partial
+import pathlib
 import re
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -71,7 +72,9 @@ class StylerRenderer:
     Base class to process rendering a Styler with a specified jinja2 template.
     """
 
-    loader = jinja2.PackageLoader("pandas", "io/formats/templates")
+    thisdir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve()
+    template_dir = thisdir / "templates"
+    loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(template_dir)
     env = jinja2.Environment(loader=loader, trim_blocks=True)
     template_html = env.get_template("html.tpl")
     template_html_table = env.get_template("html_table.tpl")
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_html.py b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_html.py
index 752b9b391f9cb..e46a59197a3b7 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_html.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/formats/style/test_html.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import pathlib
 from textwrap import (
     dedent,
     indent,
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def env():
-    loader = jinja2.PackageLoader("pandas", "io/formats/templates")
+    project_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.resolve()
+    template_dir = project_dir / "io" / "formats" / "templates"
+    loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(template_dir)
     env = jinja2.Environment(loader=loader, trim_blocks=True)
     return env