diff --git a/utils/install-operator-sdk.sh b/utils/install-operator-sdk.sh
index 3c8ba0dc..18b55ec4 100755
--- a/utils/install-operator-sdk.sh
+++ b/utils/install-operator-sdk.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
 
     # GPG can hit "no route for host" if using IPv6 on mac (https://github.com/rvm/rvm/issues/4215#issuecomment-486609350)
     if [[ $OS == 'darwin' ]]; then
-      mkdir -p "/Users/runner/.gnupg"
+      mkdir -p "$HOME/.gnupg"
       echo "Disabling ipv6 for gpg on mac"
-      echo "disable-ipv6" >  /Users/runner/.gnupg/dirmngr.conf
+      echo "disable-ipv6" >  $HOME/.gnupg/dirmngr.conf
       gpgconf --kill all
     fi