diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/AbstractGceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/AbstractGceTest.java
index 6388a2c03f9..80070e47a62 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/AbstractGceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/gce/AbstractGceTest.java
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractGceTest extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
     protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
         ImmutableSettings.Builder settings = ImmutableSettings.builder()
                 .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
+                .put("path.home", createTempDir())
                 .put("plugins." + PluginsService.LOAD_PLUGIN_FROM_CLASSPATH, true);
 
-        Environment environment = new Environment();
+        Environment environment = new Environment(settings.build());
 
         // if explicit, just load it and don't load from env
         try {