diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0a40b9de1c..9e421a0dfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ jobs:
       PROVIDER: ${{ matrix.provider }}
       CONTAINERS_MACHINE_PROVIDER: ${{ matrix.provider }}
       # machine_test.go rejects TMPDIR >= 22 chars on darwin (socket path budget).
-      TMPDIR: /private/tmp
+      TMPDIR: /private/tmp/ci
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
diff --git a/hack/ci/gha_mac_cleanup.sh b/hack/ci/gha_mac_cleanup.sh
index f182f62bdb..4140df0515 100755
--- a/hack/ci/gha_mac_cleanup.sh
+++ b/hack/ci/gha_mac_cleanup.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkill -f ginkgo
 
 rm -rf "$HOME/.local/share/containers/podman/machine"
 rm -rf "$HOME/.config/containers/podman"
-rm -rf "${TMPDIR:-/private/tmp}/podman"
+rm -rf "${TMPDIR:-/private/tmp/ci}"
 
 # Make we never error
 true