diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
index 7c59fd881e8aa..1b4269b6210cb 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ else
   CACHE_HOME="${HOMEBREW_XDG_CACHE_HOME:-${HOME}/.cache}"
   HOMEBREW_DEFAULT_CACHE="${CACHE_HOME}/Homebrew"
   HOMEBREW_DEFAULT_LOGS="${CACHE_HOME}/Homebrew/Logs"
-  HOMEBREW_DEFAULT_TEMP="/tmp"
+  HOMEBREW_DEFAULT_TEMP="/var/tmp"
 fi
 
 realpath() {
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb b/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb
index 44a23c4f37c48..8117df94a895b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/env_config.rb
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ module EnvConfig
                       "different volumes, as macOS has trouble moving symlinks across volumes when the target " \
                       "does not yet exist. This issue typically occurs when using FileVault or custom SSD " \
                       "configurations.",
-        default_text: "macOS: `/private/tmp`, Linux: `/tmp`.",
+        default_text: "macOS: `/private/tmp`, Linux: `/var/tmp`.",
         default:      HOMEBREW_DEFAULT_TEMP,
       },
       HOMEBREW_UPDATE_TO_TAG:                    {