diff --git a/.github/scripts/common.py b/.github/scripts/common.py
index 8eff925..f1433cc 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/common.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/common.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import zipfile
 import subprocess
 import re
 import shutil
+import platform
 
 import requests
 
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ SOURCE_DIR = HOME / "SOURCE"
 ARCHIVE_DIR = HOME / "ARCHIVE"
 TOOLCHAIN_DIR = BASE_DIR / "TOOLCHAINS"
 INSTALL_DIR = BASE_DIR / "INSTALL"
-TMP_DIR = Path(os.getenv("TMP_DIR", "/tmp"))
+default_tmp_dir = os.getenv("TEMP") if platform.system() == 'Windows' else "/tmp"
+TMP_DIR = Path(os.getenv("TMP_DIR", default_tmp_dir))
 KBUILD_SOURCE_DIR = HOME / "kiwix-build"
 
 _ref = _environ.get("GITHUB_REF", "").split("/")[-1]