diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/master-sidecar-4.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/master-sidecar-4.yaml
index 2a76c36443e31..6ac09fc5e35bb 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/master-sidecar-4.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/master-sidecar-4.yaml
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ objects:
         trap 'teardown' EXIT
         trap 'jobs -p | xargs kill || true; wait; exit 0' TERM
 
+        export HOME=/tmp/home
         export PATH=/tmp/shared/bin:$PATH
+        mkdir /tmp/home
         mkdir /tmp/cluster
 
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