diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5539d8ea6..a87035de8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ jobs:
           go version
           export GOMAXPROCS=1
           export K6_BROWSER_HEADLESS=true
-          echo $TMPDIR
+          tmpdir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
+          export TMPDIR=$tmpdir
           go test -p 1 -timeout 5m ./...
 
   test-tip:
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ jobs:
           go version
           export GOMAXPROCS=1
           export K6_BROWSER_HEADLESS=true
-          echo $TMPDIR
+          tmpdir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
+          export TMPDIR=$tmpdir
           go test -p 1 -timeout 5m ./...
 
   test-current-cov:
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ jobs:
           go version
           export GOMAXPROCS=1
           export K6_BROWSER_HEADLESS=true
+          tmpdir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
+          export TMPDIR=$tmpdir
           echo "mode: set" > coverage.txt
           for pkg in $(go list ./... | grep -v vendor); do
               list=$(go list -test -f  '{{ join .Deps  "\n"}}' $pkg | grep github.com/grafana/xk6-browser | grep -v vendor || true)
@@ -99,7 +103,6 @@ jobs:
                   list=$(echo "$list" | cut -f1 -d ' ' | sort -u | paste -sd, -)
               fi
 
-              echo $TMPDIR
               go test -p 1 -timeout 5m --coverpkg="$list" -coverprofile=$(echo $pkg | tr / -).coverage $pkg
           done
           grep -h -v "^mode:" *.coverage >> coverage.txt
@@ -138,5 +141,6 @@ jobs:
           go mod tidy
           cat go.mod | grep go.k6.io/k6
           export K6_BROWSER_HEADLESS=true
-          echo $TMPDIR
+          tmpdir="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
+          export TMPDIR=$tmpdir
           go test -p 1 -timeout 5m ./...