diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache.yml b/.github/workflows/cache.yml
index 72f874218..626024671 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     name: download and cache CRDS test files
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: echo CRDS_TEST_ROOT=${{ inputs.path != '' && inputs.path || runner.temp }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - run: echo CRDS_TEST_ROOT=${{ inputs.path != '' && inputs.path || '/tmp/crds' }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - run: |
           echo CRDS_PATH=${{ env.CRDS_TEST_ROOT }}/crds-cache-default-test >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo CRDS_TESTING_CACHE=${{ env.CRDS_TEST_ROOT }}/crds-cache-test >> $GITHUB_ENV