diff --git a/jenkins/python3-tests.sh b/jenkins/python3-tests.sh
index ec50c5015f..54c24230ff 100644
--- a/jenkins/python3-tests.sh
+++ b/jenkins/python3-tests.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ python3 setup.py build
 python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
 
 # make sure we have a dbus session for the dbus tests
-dbus-run-session coverage run
+dbus-run-session coverage run -m pytest -vvl
 
 coverage report
 coverage xml
diff --git a/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py b/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py
index 1b83fdf0fe..81c4d002ae 100644
--- a/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py
+++ b/src/rhsmlib/dbus/server.py
@@ -254,6 +254,18 @@ class DomainSocketServer(object):
     session bus since those aren't really locked down. The work-around is the client asks our service
     to open another server on a domain socket, gets socket information back, and then connects and sends
     the register command (with the credentials) to the server on the domain socket."""
+
+    # FIXME Use `dir` instead.
+    # `tmpdir` behaves differently from `dir` on old versions of dbus
+    # (earlier than 1.12.24 and 1.14.4).
+    # In newer versions we are not getting abstract socket anymore.
+    _server_socket_iface: str = "unix:tmpdir="
+    _server_socket_path: str = "/run"
+
+    @property
+    def _server_socket(self):
+        return self._server_socket_iface + self._server_socket_path
+
     @staticmethod
     def connection_added(domain_socket_server, service_class, object_list, conn):
         object_list.append(service_class(conn=conn))
@@ -305,7 +317,7 @@ def shutdown(self):
 
     def run(self):
         try:
-            self._server = dbus.server.Server("unix:tmpdir=/run")
+            self._server = dbus.server.Server(self._server_socket)
 
             for clazz in self.object_classes:
                 self._server.on_connection_added.append(
diff --git a/test/rhsmlib_test/test_register.py b/test/rhsmlib_test/test_register.py
index d56b1899db..246985f243 100644
--- a/test/rhsmlib_test/test_register.py
+++ b/test/rhsmlib_test/test_register.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import dbus.connection
 import socket
 import six
+import tempfile
+from typing import Optional
 
 import subscription_manager.injection as inj
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
 from rhsm import connection
 
 from rhsmlib.dbus import constants
+from rhsmlib.dbus.server import DomainSocketServer
 from rhsmlib.dbus.objects import RegisterDBusObject
 
 from rhsmlib.services import register, exceptions
@@ -743,6 +746,8 @@ def test_requires_basic_auth_for_normal_registration(self):
 
 @subman_marker_dbus
 class DomainSocketRegisterDBusObjectTest(DBusObjectTest, InjectionMockingTest):
+    socket_dir: Optional[tempfile.TemporaryDirectory] = None
+
     def dbus_objects(self):
         return [RegisterDBusObject]
 
@@ -788,6 +793,16 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.mock_ent_cert_service_invoker = ent_cert_service_patcher.start()
         self.addCleanup(ent_cert_service_patcher.stop)
 
+        self.socket_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.addCleanup(self.socket_dir.cleanup)
+        socket_path_patch = mock.patch.object(DomainSocketServer, "_server_socket_path", self.socket_dir.name)
+        socket_path_patch.start()
+        # `tmpdir` behaves differently from `dir` on old versions of dbus
+        # (earlier than 1.12.24 and 1.14.4).
+        # In newer versions we are not getting abstract socket anymore.
+        socket_iface_patch = mock.patch.object(DomainSocketServer, "_server_socket_iface", "unix:dir=")
+        socket_iface_patch.start()
+
     def injection_definitions(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if args[0] == inj.IDENTITY:
             return self.mock_identity
@@ -801,7 +816,7 @@ def test_open_domain_socket(self):
 
         def assertions(*args):
             result = args[0]
-            six.assertRegex(self, result, r'/run/dbus.*')
+            six.assertRegex(self, result, self.socket_dir.name + "/dbus.*")
 
         self.dbus_request(assertions, self.interface.Start, dbus_method_args)
 
@@ -812,7 +827,7 @@ def assertions(*args):
             # Assign the result as an attribute to this function.
             # See http://stackoverflow.com/a/27910553/6124862
             assertions.result = args[0]
-            six.assertRegex(self, assertions.result, r'/run/dbus.*')
+            six.assertRegex(self, assertions.result, self.socket_dir.name + "/dbus.*")
 
         self.dbus_request(assertions, self.interface.Start, dbus_method_args)
 
@@ -844,10 +859,7 @@ def get_address(*args):
 
         sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         try:
-            # The socket returned for connection is an abstract socket so we have
-            # to begin the name with a NUL byte to get into that namespace.  See
-            # http://blog.eduardofleury.com/archives/2007/09/13
-            sock.connect('\0' + get_address.address)
+            sock.connect(get_address.address)
         finally:
             sock.close()