diff --git a/cobra/cmd/init_test.go b/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
index c4b3f09a21..37e6b89332 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getProject() *Project {
-	wd, _ := os.Getwd()
 	return &Project{
-		AbsolutePath: fmt.Sprintf("%s/testproject", wd),
+		AbsolutePath: fmt.Sprintf("%s/testproject", mustTempDir()),
 		Legal:        getLicense(),
 		Copyright:    copyrightLine(),
 		AppName:      "testproject",
@@ -22,6 +21,14 @@ func getProject() *Project {
 	}
 }
 
+func mustTempDir() string {
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "cobra_cli_test_")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return dir
+}
+
 func TestGoldenInitCmd(t *testing.T) {
 
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "cobra-init")