diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/opentelemetry-collector.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/opentelemetry-collector.nix
index 695fe3ef27ec..d9b8c27ccdfe 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/opentelemetry-collector.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/opentelemetry-collector.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ in
           ProtectSystem = "full";
           DevicePolicy = "closed";
           NoNewPrivileges = true;
-          WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/opentelemetry-collector";
+          WorkingDirectory = "%S/opentelemetry-collector";
           StateDirectory = "opentelemetry-collector";
           SupplementaryGroups = [
             # allow to read the systemd journal for opentelemetry-collector