diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-openstack/openshift-cluster-api-provider-openstack-main.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-openstack/openshift-cluster-api-provider-openstack-main.yaml
index 625f42ad8963c..cae4b3b06c096 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-openstack/openshift-cluster-api-provider-openstack-main.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-api-provider-openstack/openshift-cluster-api-provider-openstack-main.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ resources:
       memory: 200Mi
 tests:
 - as: test
-  commands: make test
+  commands: make XDG_DATA_HOME=/tmp/data test
   container:
     from: src
 zz_generated_metadata: