diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index d899273a0..72711e99a 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ linters:
       # with golangci-lint call it on a directory with the changed file.
       check-exported: false
 
+    usetesting:
+      os-setenv: false
+
     whitespace:
       multi-if: false # Enforces newlines (or comments) after every multi-line if statement
       multi-func: false # Enforces newlines (or comments) after every multi-line function signature
@@ -335,6 +338,7 @@ linters:
     - unparam
     - unused
     - usestdlibvars
+    - usetesting
     - whitespace
 
   exclusions:
diff --git a/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go b/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go
index bbdad7e43..3bcf4c345 100644
--- a/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/backup/item_collector_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package backup
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -254,8 +253,7 @@ func TestItemCollectorBackupNamespaces(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(*testing.T) {
-			tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
-			require.NoError(t, err)
+			tempDir := t.TempDir()
 
 			var unstructuredNSList unstructured.UnstructuredList
 			for _, ns := range tc.namespaces {
diff --git a/pkg/repository/config/aws_test.go b/pkg/repository/config/aws_test.go
index 8c7527370..0aedef26e 100644
--- a/pkg/repository/config/aws_test.go
+++ b/pkg/repository/config/aws_test.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestGetS3CredentialsCorrectlyUseProfile(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "")
 			t.Setenv("AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE", "")
 
-			tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "velero-test-aws-credentials")
+			tmpFile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "velero-test-aws-credentials")
 			defer os.Remove(tmpFile.Name())
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("GetS3Credentials() error = %v", err)
diff --git a/pkg/uploader/provider/restic_test.go b/pkg/uploader/provider/restic_test.go
index f865604ef..ee3e27014 100644
--- a/pkg/uploader/provider/restic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/uploader/provider/restic_test.go
@@ -237,13 +237,13 @@ func TestResticRunRestore(t *testing.T) {
 func TestClose(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Delete existing credentials file", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Create temporary files for the credentials and caCert
-		credentialsFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "credentialsFile")
+		credentialsFile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "credentialsFile")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to create temp file: %v", err)
 		}
 		defer os.Remove(credentialsFile.Name())
 
-		caCertFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "caCertFile")
+		caCertFile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "caCertFile")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to create temp file: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func TestClose(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Delete existing caCert file", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Create temporary files for the credentials and caCert
-		caCertFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "caCertFile")
+		caCertFile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "caCertFile")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to create temp file: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/util/logging/log_merge_hook_test.go b/pkg/util/logging/log_merge_hook_test.go
index f894a8bcc..43b5ae1cb 100644
--- a/pkg/util/logging/log_merge_hook_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/logging/log_merge_hook_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (fw *fakeWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 }
 
 func TestMergeHook_Write(t *testing.T) {
-	sourceFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "")
+	sourceFile, err := os.CreateTemp(t.TempDir(), "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	logMessage := "fake-message-1\nfake-message-2"