diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/defaults/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a4e3371fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+filetree_test_root: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/data"
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/meta/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..982de6eb03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+dependencies:
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/tasks/main.yml
index 56e7613017..0f9a1302c4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_filetree/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,27 +13,27 @@
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: directory
   loop:
-    - files/data
-    - files/data/subdir
+    - "{{ filetree_test_root }}"
+    - "{{ filetree_test_root }}/subdir"
 
 - name: Create test files
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     content: "{{ item.content }}"
     dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
   loop:
-    - dest: files/data/app.conf
+    - dest: "{{ filetree_test_root }}/app.conf"
       content: "content\n"
-    - dest: files/data/subdir/nested.conf
+    - dest: "{{ filetree_test_root }}/subdir/nested.conf"
       content: "nested\n"
 
 - name: Create .git directory for exclude test
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: files/data/.git
+    path: "{{ filetree_test_root }}/.git"
     state: directory
 
 - name: Lookup filetree without exclude
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    filetree_all: "{{ lookup('community.general.filetree', 'data/') }}"
+    filetree_all: "{{ lookup('community.general.filetree', filetree_test_root ~ '/') }}"
 
 - name: Verify all entries are listed
   ansible.builtin.assert:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 - name: Lookup filetree with valid exclude regex
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    filetree_filtered: "{{ lookup('community.general.filetree', 'data/', exclude='^\\.git$') }}"
+    filetree_filtered: "{{ lookup('community.general.filetree', filetree_test_root ~ '/', exclude='^\\.git$') }}"
 
 - name: Verify exclude filters matching basenames
   ansible.builtin.assert:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 - name: Lookup filetree with invalid exclude regex
   ansible.builtin.debug:
-    msg: "{{ lookup('community.general.filetree', 'data/', exclude='temp[1') }}"
+    msg: "{{ lookup('community.general.filetree', filetree_test_root ~ '/', exclude='temp[1') }}"
   ignore_errors: true
   register: invalid_exclude