diff --git a/test/test-integration.mjs b/test/test-integration.mjs
index 55bcd1f7..5b0faf6f 100644
--- a/test/test-integration.mjs
+++ b/test/test-integration.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as os from 'os';
 import { createHelpers } from 'yeoman-test';
 import * as cp from 'child_process';
 import { describe, it, before } from 'node:test';
@@ -17,17 +18,16 @@ describe('integration tests', { timeout: 7 * 60 * 1000 }, () => {
 	const appLocation = path.join(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../../generators/app');
 
 	const npmCommand = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'npm.cmd' : 'npm';
-	let helpers;
 
-	before(async function () {
-		helpers = createHelpers({});
-	});
 
 	// Use a short temp dir to avoid exceeding the 103-char Unix socket path limit.
 	// macOS TMPDIR resolves to a deep /private/var/folders/... path which, combined
 	// with the .vscode-test/user-data/*.sock suffix, exceeds the limit.
 	function makeTmpDir() {
-		return mkdtempSync('/tmp/vsc-');
+		if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+			return mkdtempSync('/tmp/foo-');
+		}
+		return mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'foo-'));
 	}
 
 	async function checkAudit(cwd) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('integration tests', { timeout: 7 * 60 * 1000 }, () => {
 	}
 
 	it('command-ts integration test (install, compile and run extension tests)', async () => {
-
+		const helpers = createHelpers({});
 		const runResult = await helpers.run(appLocation).inDir(makeTmpDir()).withAnswers({
 			type: 'ext-command-ts',
 			name: 'testCom',
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('integration tests', { timeout: 7 * 60 * 1000 }, () => {
 	});
 
 	it('command-ts-webpack integration test (install, pack and run extension tests)', async () => {
-
+		const helpers = createHelpers({});
 		const runResult = await helpers.run(appLocation).inDir(makeTmpDir()).withAnswers({
 			type: 'ext-command-ts',
 			name: 'testCom',
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe('integration tests', { timeout: 7 * 60 * 1000 }, () => {
 	});
 
 	it('command-ts-esbuild integration test (install, pack and run extension tests)', async () => {
-
+		const helpers = createHelpers({});
 		const runResult = await helpers.run(appLocation).inDir(makeTmpDir()).withAnswers({
 			type: 'ext-command-ts',
 			name: 'testCom',
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('integration tests', { timeout: 7 * 60 * 1000 }, () => {
 	});
 
 	it('command-ts-web-webpack integration test (install, pack and run extension tests)', async () => {
-
+		const helpers = createHelpers({});
 		const runResult = await helpers.run(appLocation).inDir(makeTmpDir()).withAnswers({
 			type: 'ext-command-web',
 			name: 'testCom',
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('integration tests', { timeout: 7 * 60 * 1000 }, () => {
 	});
 
 	it('command-ts-web-esbuild integration test (install, pack and run extension tests)', async () => {
-
+		const helpers = createHelpers({});
 		const runResult = await helpers.run(appLocation).inDir(makeTmpDir()).withAnswers({
 			type: 'ext-command-web',
 			name: 'testCom',