diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index d789ec9061..0a1bcf0a31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install test extras
         run: pip install nipype[tests]
       - name: Run tests
-        run: pytest --doctest-modules -v --pyargs nipype
+        run: TMPDIR=$(mktemp -t -d 't m p.XXXXXXXXXX') pytest --doctest-modules -v --pyargs nipype
 
   test:
     # Check each OS, all supported Python, minimum versions and latest releases