diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7e94872599..611ba77aca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ test-demo:
   stage: test
   image: ${CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX}/python:3.8
   variables:
-    TRYTOND_DATABASE__PATH: /dev/shm
+    TRYTOND_DATABASE__PATH: "$TMPDIR"
     PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
   cache:
     paths: