diff --git a/contrib/qubes/src/fwupd_receive_updates.py b/contrib/qubes/src/fwupd_receive_updates.py
index edf1de9f0..acb1ff4f8 100644
--- a/contrib/qubes/src/fwupd_receive_updates.py
+++ b/contrib/qubes/src/fwupd_receive_updates.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 
-FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/root/.cache/fwupd"
+FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/var/cache/fwupd"
 FWUPD_DOM0_UPDATES_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_DIR, "updates")
 FWUPD_DOM0_UNTRUSTED_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_UPDATES_DIR, "untrusted")
 FWUPD_DOM0_METADATA_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_DIR, "metadata")
diff --git a/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupd_update.py b/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupd_update.py
index 6ae4f965d..6a03d9f1b 100644
--- a/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupd_update.py
+++ b/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupd_update.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 
-FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/root/.cache/fwupd"
+FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/var/cache/fwupd"
 FWUPD_VM_DOWNLOAD = "/usr/libexec/qubes-fwupd/fwupd_download_updates.py"
 FWUPD_DOM0_UPDATES_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_DIR, "updates")
 FWUPD_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX = "https://fwupd.org/downloads/"
diff --git a/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupdmgr.py b/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupdmgr.py
index 93dd9d0b9..d191163f6 100755
--- a/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupdmgr.py
+++ b/contrib/qubes/src/qubes_fwupdmgr.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
         "qubes-fwupd modules not found. " "You may need to reinstall package."
     )
 
-FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/root/.cache/fwupd"
+FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/var/cache/qubes-fwupd"
 FWUPD_DOM0_METADATA_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_DIR, "metadata")
 FWUPD_DOM0_UPDATES_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_DIR, "updates")
 FWUPD_DOM0_METADATA_SIGNATURE = os.path.join(
diff --git a/contrib/qubes/test/test_qubes_fwupdmgr.py b/contrib/qubes/test/test_qubes_fwupdmgr.py
index ec9e42b58..3baab4c4f 100755
--- a/contrib/qubes/test/test_qubes_fwupdmgr.py
+++ b/contrib/qubes/test/test_qubes_fwupdmgr.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if os.path.exists(QUBES_FWUPDMGR_REPO):
 elif os.path.exists(QUBES_FWUPDMGR_BINDIR):
     qfwupd = imp.load_source("qubes_fwupdmgr", QUBES_FWUPDMGR_BINDIR)
 
-FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/root/.cache/fwupd"
+FWUPD_DOM0_DIR = "/var/cache/qubes-fwupd"
 FWUPD_DOM0_UPDATES_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_DIR, "updates")
 FWUPD_DOM0_UNTRUSTED_DIR = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_UPDATES_DIR, "untrusted")
 FWUPD_VM_LOG = os.path.join(FWUPD_DOM0_DIR, "usbvm-devices.log")