diff --git a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/KubePodProcess.java b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/KubePodProcess.java
index 71a058c9cec70..6ef62c0b126d0 100644
--- a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/KubePodProcess.java
+++ b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/process/KubePodProcess.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public class KubePodProcess extends Process implements KubePod {
   private static final String STDOUT_PIPE_FILE = PIPES_DIR + "/stdout";
   private static final String STDERR_PIPE_FILE = PIPES_DIR + "/stderr";
   public static final String CONFIG_DIR = "/config";
+  public static final String TMP_DIR = "/tmp";
   private static final String TERMINATION_DIR = "/termination";
   private static final String TERMINATION_FILE_MAIN = TERMINATION_DIR + "/main";
   private static final String TERMINATION_FILE_CHECK = TERMINATION_DIR + "/check";
@@ -422,13 +423,24 @@ public KubePodProcess(final boolean isOrchestrator,
         .withMountPath(TERMINATION_DIR)
         .build();
 
+    final Volume tmpVolume = new VolumeBuilder()
+        .withName("tmp")
+        .withNewEmptyDir()
+        .endEmptyDir()
+        .build();
+
+    final VolumeMount tmpVolumeMount = new VolumeMountBuilder()
+        .withName("tmp")
+        .withMountPath(TMP_DIR)
+        .build();
+
     final Container init = getInit(usesStdin, List.of(pipeVolumeMount, configVolumeMount), busyboxImage);
     final Container main = getMain(
         image,
         imagePullPolicy,
         usesStdin,
         entrypointOverride,
-        List.of(pipeVolumeMount, configVolumeMount, terminationVolumeMount),
+        List.of(pipeVolumeMount, configVolumeMount, terminationVolumeMount, tmpVolumeMount),
         resourceRequirements,
         internalToExternalPorts,
         envMap,
@@ -496,7 +508,7 @@ public KubePodProcess(final boolean isOrchestrator,
         .withRestartPolicy("Never")
         .withInitContainers(init)
         .withContainers(containers)
-        .withVolumes(pipeVolume, configVolume, terminationVolume)
+        .withVolumes(pipeVolume, configVolume, terminationVolume, tmpVolume)
         .endSpec()
         .build();