diff --git a/pkg/testing/testing.go b/pkg/testing/testing.go
index 9b0ecb57e3..94cd6afe6e 100644
--- a/pkg/testing/testing.go
+++ b/pkg/testing/testing.go
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ func FromTempDirectory(t *testing.T) string {
 	// By default unit tests presum no config exists unless provided in testdata.
 	t.Setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", t.TempDir())
 
+	t.Setenv("HOME", t.TempDir())
+
 	t.Setenv("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST", "")
 
 	// creates and CDs to a temp directory