diff --git a/lua/harpoon/test/harpoon_spec.lua b/lua/harpoon/test/harpoon_spec.lua
index 1d9398c..2dca4c0 100644
--- a/lua/harpoon/test/harpoon_spec.lua
+++ b/lua/harpoon/test/harpoon_spec.lua
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ describe("harpoon", function()
 
         harpoon:setup()
         harpoon:list():add()
-        local other_buf = utils.create_file("other-file", {
+        local other_buf = utils.create_file("/tmp/other-file", {
             "foo",
             "bar",
             "baz",