diff --git a/op-e2e/.gitignore b/op-e2e/.gitignore
index 0eccf16b621f9..7db44382a7822 100644
--- a/op-e2e/.gitignore
+++ b/op-e2e/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 external_*/shim
-interop/jwt.secret
diff --git a/op-e2e/interop/supersystem_l2.go b/op-e2e/interop/supersystem_l2.go
index ea96d68b2834a..7eb94c2ed7004 100644
--- a/op-e2e/interop/supersystem_l2.go
+++ b/op-e2e/interop/supersystem_l2.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (s *interopE2ESystem) newNodeForL2(
 			//SupervisorAddr:   s.supervisor.RPC(),
 			RPCAddr:          "127.0.0.1",
 			RPCPort:          0,
-			RPCJwtSecretPath: "jwt.secret",
+			RPCJwtSecretPath: s.t.TempDir() + "/jwt.secret",
 		},
 		P2P:                         nil, // disabled P2P setup for now
 		L1EpochPollInterval:         time.Second * 2,