diff --git a/ci/release/_install.sh b/ci/release/_install.sh
index 3ef502a1d..f24d5c8ad 100755
--- a/ci/release/_install.sh
+++ b/ci/release/_install.sh
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ fetch_release_info() {
   fi
 
   log "fetching info on $VERSION version of $REPO"
-  RELEASE_INFO=$(mktemp -d)/release-info.json
+  RELEASE_INFO=$(mktempd)/release-info.json
   if [ "$VERSION" = latest ]; then
     release_info_url="https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/$VERSION"
   else
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 8e4215cd2..a2788292a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ fetch_release_info() {
   fi
 
   log "fetching info on $VERSION version of $REPO"
-  RELEASE_INFO=$(mktemp -d)/release-info.json
+  RELEASE_INFO=$(mktempd)/release-info.json
   if [ "$VERSION" = latest ]; then
     release_info_url="https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/$VERSION"
   else