diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts
index 69cb412f1d..d900b792cc 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/browserType.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import { helper } from './helper';
 import { RecentLogsCollector } from '../utils/debugLogger';
 import { CallMetadata, SdkObject } from './instrumentation';
 
-const ARTIFACTS_FOLDER = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'playwright-artifacts-');
-
 export abstract class BrowserType extends SdkObject {
   private _name: BrowserName;
   readonly _playwrightOptions: PlaywrightOptions;
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ export abstract class BrowserType extends SdkObject {
     if (options.tracesDir)
       await fs.promises.mkdir(options.tracesDir, { recursive: true });
 
-    const artifactsDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(ARTIFACTS_FOLDER);
+    const artifactsDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'playwright-artifacts-'));
     tempDirectories.push(artifactsDir);
 
     if (userDataDir) {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
index bf54dd099c..5743a9c6b3 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/recorder/tracing.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { APIRequestContext } from '../../fetch';
+import os from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
 import yazl from 'yazl';
 import { NameValue } from '../../../common/types';
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { assert, calculateSha1, createGuid, mkdirIfNeeded, monotonicTime, remove
 import { Artifact } from '../../artifact';
 import { BrowserContext } from '../../browserContext';
 import { ElementHandle } from '../../dom';
+import { APIRequestContext } from '../../fetch';
 import { CallMetadata, InstrumentationListener, SdkObject } from '../../instrumentation';
 import { Page } from '../../page';
 import * as har from '../../supplements/har/har';
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ export class Tracing extends SdkObject implements InstrumentationListener, Snaps
   private async _createTracesDirIfNeeded() {
     if (this._precreatedTracesDir)
       return this._precreatedTracesDir;
-    this._tracesTmpDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp('playwright-tracing-');
+    this._tracesTmpDir = await fs.promises.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'playwright-tracing-'));
     return this._tracesTmpDir;
   }