diff --git a/pkg/devops/devops_test.go b/pkg/devops/devops_test.go
index b305d384..c3b8a2e3 100644
--- a/pkg/devops/devops_test.go
+++ b/pkg/devops/devops_test.go
@@ -615,12 +615,14 @@ func TestDevOps_IsRunning_Bad_DifferentContainerName(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDevOps_Boot_Good_FreshFlag(t *testing.T) {
-	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "devops-test-*")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { os.RemoveAll(tempDir) })
 	t.Setenv("CORE_IMAGES_DIR", tempDir)
 
 	// Create fake image
 	imagePath := filepath.Join(tempDir, ImageName())
-	err := os.WriteFile(imagePath, []byte("fake"), 0644)
+	err = os.WriteFile(imagePath, []byte("fake"), 0644)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	cfg := DefaultConfig()