diff --git a/test/integration/targets/throttle/test_throttle.yml b/test/integration/targets/throttle/test_throttle.yml
index 260ebcdc03f..a2993ddc6cf 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/throttle/test_throttle.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/throttle/test_throttle.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - hosts: localhosts
   gather_facts: false
   vars:
-    throttledir: ~/ansible_testing/throttle.dir/
+    throttledir: "{{ lookup('env', 'OUTPUT_DIR') }}/throttle.dir/"
   tasks:
     - name: Clean throttledir '{{ throttledir }}'
       file:
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/executor.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/executor.py
index d02b30f92c1..3de843d6123 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/executor.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/executor.py
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ def command_integration_filtered(args, targets, all_targets, inventory_path, pre
 
     check_pyyaml(args, args.python_version)
 
-    test_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/ansible_testing')
+    test_dir = os.path.join(ResultType.TMP.path, 'output_dir')
 
     if not args.explain and any('needs/ssh/' in target.aliases for target in targets):
         max_tries = 20