diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/janusgraph/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/janusgraph/default.nix
index ea9654a878dc..16b2ca404246 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/janusgraph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/janusgraph/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     makeWrapper ${jdk11}/bin/java $out/bin/janusgraph-server \
       --add-flags "-classpath $classpath org.janusgraph.graphdb.server.JanusGraphServer"
+
+    # temporary workaround for
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/244400#issuecomment-1667330430
+    cd "$TMPDIR"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {