diff --git a/installation/apache/akkoma-apache.conf b/installation/apache/akkoma-apache.conf
index 65bbf15e1..76357789e 100644
--- a/installation/apache/akkoma-apache.conf
+++ b/installation/apache/akkoma-apache.conf
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ServerTokens Prod
     Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
 
     # Uncomment the following to enable MediaProxy caching on disk
-    #CacheRoot /tmp/akkoma-media-cache/
+    #CacheRoot /var/tmp/akkoma-media-cache/
     #CacheDirLevels 1
     #CacheDirLength 2
     #CacheEnable disk /proxy
diff --git a/installation/apache/apache-cache-purge.sh.example b/installation/apache/apache-cache-purge.sh.example
index 65df9cc11..59c2a5ed0 100755
--- a/installation/apache/apache-cache-purge.sh.example
+++ b/installation/apache/apache-cache-purge.sh.example
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 SCRIPTNAME=${0##*/}
 
 # mod_disk_cache directory
-CACHE_DIRECTORY="/tmp/akkoma-media-cache"
+CACHE_DIRECTORY="/var/tmp/akkoma-media-cache"
 
 ## Removes an item via the htcacheclean utility
 ## $1 - the filename, can be a pattern .
diff --git a/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx b/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx
index bfb1fffb3..bdd5d0f8b 100644
--- a/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx
+++ b/installation/nginx/akkoma.nginx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # See the documentation at docs.akkoma.dev for your particular distro/OS for
 # installation instructions.
 
-proxy_cache_path /tmp/akkoma-media-cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=akkoma_media_cache:10m max_size=1g
+proxy_cache_path /var/tmp/akkoma-media-cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=akkoma_media_cache:10m max_size=1g
                  inactive=720m use_temp_path=off;
 
 # this is explicitly IPv4 since Pleroma.Web.Endpoint binds on IPv4 only
diff --git a/installation/nginx/nginx-cache-purge.sh.example b/installation/nginx/nginx-cache-purge.sh.example
index 6cd01d1e7..be5f186e4 100755
--- a/installation/nginx/nginx-cache-purge.sh.example
+++ b/installation/nginx/nginx-cache-purge.sh.example
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 SCRIPTNAME=${0##*/}
 
 # NGINX cache directory
-CACHE_DIRECTORY="/tmp/akkoma-media-cache"
+CACHE_DIRECTORY="/var/tmp/akkoma-media-cache"
 
 ## Return the files where the items are cached.
 ## $1 - the filename, can be a pattern .