diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ansible_tmp_folder-469f1f822fd7217a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ansible_tmp_folder-469f1f822fd7217a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87da791209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ansible_tmp_folder-469f1f822fd7217a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    Default value of ``ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP`` was set to ``/tmp`` folder, instead
+    of the default value ``ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/tmp"``.
diff --git a/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc b/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc
index 4c38cb03e2..bdfc387ae1 100644
--- a/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc
+++ b/scripts/openstack-ansible.rc
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH="${ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH:-/etc/ansible/roles:/etc/ansible
 
 export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH="${ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH:-/etc/ansible}"
 
+export ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP="${ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP:-/tmp}"
+
 export ANSIBLE_LIBRARY="${ANSIBLE_LIBRARY:-/etc/ansible/roles/ceph-ansible/library}"
 export ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS="${ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS:-/etc/ansible/roles/ceph-ansible/plugins/filter}"
 export ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS="${ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS:-/etc/ansible/roles/ceph-ansible/plugins/callback}"