diff --git a/staging/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go b/staging/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
index c61e04c6a7..52a247f418 100644
--- a/staging/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
+++ b/staging/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // CopyTmpDB reads the file at the given path and copies it to a tmp directory, returning the copied file path or an err
 func CopyTmpDB(original string) (path string, err error) {
-	dst, err := ioutil.TempFile(".", "db-")
+	dst, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "db-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
index c61e04c6a7..52a247f418 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // CopyTmpDB reads the file at the given path and copies it to a tmp directory, returning the copied file path or an err
 func CopyTmpDB(original string) (path string, err error) {
-	dst, err := ioutil.TempFile(".", "db-")
+	dst, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "db-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}