diff --git a/lib/php/workflow/tests/State/StateRepositoryTest.php b/lib/php/workflow/tests/State/StateRepositoryTest.php
index 6f7503bcf..283678fca 100644
--- a/lib/php/workflow/tests/State/StateRepositoryTest.php
+++ b/lib/php/workflow/tests/State/StateRepositoryTest.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public function getCases(): array
     {
         return [
             [new MemoryStateRepository()],
-            [new FileSystemStateRepository(__DIR__.'/../var/state')],
+            [new FileSystemStateRepository(sys_get_temp_dir().'/workflow-state')],
         ];
     }
 }