diff --git a/importer-pipeline.yaml b/importer-pipeline.yaml
index ac91473..c227842 100644
--- a/importer-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/importer-pipeline.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ deploymentSpec:
         env:
         - name: REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE
           value: /mnt/containers/.dockerconfigjson
+        - name: XDG_CACHE_HOME
+          value: /tmp
+        - name: XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+          value: /tmp
+        - name: XDG_DATA_HOME
+          value: /tmp
         image: registry.stage.redhat.io/rhelai1/instructlab-nvidia-rhel9:1.3.1
 pipelineInfo:
   description: Helper pipeline to the InstructLab pipeline which allows users to seed/import
diff --git a/pipeline.py b/pipeline.py
index 7a4b8f6..59b9a1f 100644
--- a/pipeline.py
+++ b/pipeline.py
@@ -468,6 +468,9 @@ def pipeline(
         use_secret_as_volume(
             importer_task, "7033380-ilab-pull-secret", mount_path="/mnt/containers"
         )
+        importer_task.set_env_variable("XDG_CACHE_HOME", "/tmp")
+        importer_task.set_env_variable("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "/tmp")
+        importer_task.set_env_variable("XDG_DATA_HOME", "/tmp")
 
     return pipeline