diff --git a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/MetricsIntegrationTest.java b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/MetricsIntegrationTest.java
index 3ce31cb328955..3f6c80691f0e6 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/MetricsIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/MetricsIntegrationTest.java
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ public void before() throws InterruptedException {
         streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.DEFAULT_VALUE_SERDE_CLASS_CONFIG, Serdes.String().getClass());
         streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.METRICS_RECORDING_LEVEL_CONFIG, Sensor.RecordingLevel.DEBUG.name);
         streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.CACHE_MAX_BYTES_BUFFERING_CONFIG, 10 * 1024 * 1024L);
+        streamsConfiguration.put(StreamsConfig.STATE_DIR_CONFIG, TestUtils.tempDirectory().getPath());
     }
 
     @After