diff --git a/releasedocmaker/pom.xml b/releasedocmaker/pom.xml
index 6f93ab0..603da86 100644
--- a/releasedocmaker/pom.xml
+++ b/releasedocmaker/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
               <goal>jython</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <temporaryBuildDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jython-plugins-tmp/</temporaryBuildDirectory>
               <libraries>
                 <param>--index-url=https://pypi.python.org/simple/</param>
                 <param>python-dateutil</param>
diff --git a/shelldocs/pom.xml b/shelldocs/pom.xml
index 0028e6a..55a2e84 100644
--- a/shelldocs/pom.xml
+++ b/shelldocs/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>jython</goal>
             </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <temporaryBuildDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jython-plugins-tmp/</temporaryBuildDirectory>
+            </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>