diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b985ab..fdd5bc6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dist/
 # Runtime / generated data
 # ----------------------------
 var/
+tmp/pytest-temp/
 
 # ----------------------------
 # Logs
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 60b4d31..03488e5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ testpaths = ["faststack/tests"]
 python_files = ["test_*.py"]
 
 # Use importlib mode to avoid test import-path resolution issues
-addopts = "--import-mode=importlib -p no:cacheprovider -p no:doctest --basetemp=./var/pytest-temp"
+addopts = "--import-mode=importlib -p no:cacheprovider -p no:doctest --basetemp=./tmp/pytest-temp"
 
-norecursedirs = ["var", ".venv", "cache", "faststack.egg-info", "__pycache__"]
+norecursedirs = ["var", "tmp", ".venv", "cache", "faststack.egg-info", "__pycache__"]
 pythonpath = ["."]