diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
index 923e22d0a5..7d26bcb20a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ describe('fetch:cookiecutter', () => {
     createTemporaryDirectory: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockTmpDir),
   };
 
-  mock({ [`${mockContext.workspacePath}/result`]: {} });
-
   const mockReader: UrlReader = {
     read: jest.fn(),
     readTree: jest.fn(),
@@ -75,9 +73,14 @@ describe('fetch:cookiecutter', () => {
   templaters.register('cookiecutter', cookiecutterTemplater);
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    mock({ [`${mockContext.workspacePath}/result`]: {} });
     jest.restoreAllMocks();
   });
 
+  afterEach(() => {
+    mock.restore();
+  });
+
   it('should call fetchContents with the correct values', async () => {
     await action.handler(mockContext);