diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a6bd312ef48..f6aeaf65384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ github.event.inputs.runner_cpus != '' && format('ubuntu-latest-{0}cpu', github.event.inputs.runner_cpus) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - run: df -h
-      - name: "node-cleanup"
+      - name: "node-cleanup-and-mnt-tmp"
         run: |
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet /opt/ghc /opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL
           sudo docker image prune --force
           sudo docker builder prune -a
+          sudo mkdir -p /mnt/tmp
+          sudo chmod 777 /mnt/tmp
       - run: df -h
       - name: Allocate swap space
         shell: bash
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           ports: '5672:5672'
       - shell: bash
         env: # Or as an environment variable
+          TMP: /mnt/tmp
           APP_PARAMETERS: "-Daws.region=eu-west-1 -Dgoogle.maps.authenticationparams=${{ secrets.GOOGLE_MAPS_AUTHENTICATIONPARAMS }} -Daws.s3.test.s3AccessId=${{ secrets.AWS_S3_TEST_S3ACCESSID }} -Daws.s3.test.s3AccessKey=${{ secrets.AWS_S3_TEST_S3ACCESSKEY }} -Dgeonames.org.usernames=${{ secrets.GEONAMES_ORG_USERNAMES }}"
           JAVA8_HOME: ${{env.JAVA_HOME_8_X64}}
         run: |
diff --git a/configuration/buildAndUpdateProduct.sh b/configuration/buildAndUpdateProduct.sh
index cf4f9efa837..2efe5aa3e04 100755
--- a/configuration/buildAndUpdateProduct.sh
+++ b/configuration/buildAndUpdateProduct.sh
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ echo TMP will be used for java.io.tmpdir and is $TMP
 if [ "$TMP" = "" ]; then
   export TMP=/tmp
 fi
-extra="${extra} -Dgwt.workers=${GWT_WORKERS} -Djava.io.tmpdir=$TMP"
+extra="${extra} -Dgwt.workers=${GWT_WORKERS} -Djava.io.tmpdir=$TMP -Dgwt.workDir=$TMP"
 extra="${extra} -Djdk.xml.maxGeneralEntitySizeLimit=0 -Djdk.xml.totalEntitySizeLimit=0"
 
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