diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
index 8a3daa705883f8..3e57a08d98b611 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ jobs:
           name: tarballs
       - name: Extract tarball
         run: |
-          tar xzf tarballs/*.tar.gz
-          echo "TAR_DIR=`basename tarballs/*.tar.gz .tar.gz`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          tar xzf tarballs/*.tar.gz -C $RUNNER_TEMP
+          echo "TAR_DIR=$RUNNER_TEMP/`basename tarballs/*.tar.gz .tar.gz`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Copy directories needed for testing
         run: |
           cp -r tools/node_modules $TAR_DIR/tools