diff --git a/examples/eks/v1beta1/testhooks/check-clusterauth.sh b/examples/eks/v1beta1/testhooks/check-clusterauth.sh
index 65f803e8b9..9ab6815d45 100755
--- a/examples/eks/v1beta1/testhooks/check-clusterauth.sh
+++ b/examples/eks/v1beta1/testhooks/check-clusterauth.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ set -aeuo pipefail
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
 echo "obtain kubeconfig from ClusterAuth connection secret"
-${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system get secret sample-eks-cluster-conn -o go-template='{{ .data.kubeconfig | base64decode }}' > sampleclusterkube
+${KUBECTL} -n upbound-system get secret sample-eks-cluster-conn -o go-template='{{ .data.kubeconfig | base64decode }}' > /tmp/sampleclusterkube
 echo "checking kubectl version"
-${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig ./sampleclusterkube version
+${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig /tmp/sampleclusterkube version
 echo "checking cluster-info"
-${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig ./sampleclusterkube cluster-info
+${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig /tmp/sampleclusterkube cluster-info
 echo "listing nodes"
-${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig ./sampleclusterkube get nodes
+${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig /tmp/sampleclusterkube get nodes
 echo "listing pods"
-${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig ./sampleclusterkube get pods
+${KUBECTL} --kubeconfig /tmp/sampleclusterkube get pods