diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f6f0695e5..b29328632 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.12.5
+4.12.6
diff --git a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell.custom.docker.sh b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell.custom.docker.sh
index 592cc098a..94f220154 100755
--- a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell.custom.docker.sh
+++ b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell.custom.docker.sh
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ _otel_inject_docker_args() {
     \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --mount type=bind,source="$_otel_remote_sdk_pipe",target=/var/opentelemetry_shell"$_otel_remote_sdk_pipe"
     \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --env OTEL_REMOTE_SDK_PIPE=/var/opentelemetry_shell"$_otel_remote_sdk_pipe"
     local pipes_dir="$(\mktemp -u)_opentelemetry_shell_$$.docker/tmp"; \mkdir -p "$pipes_dir"
-    \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --mount type=bind,source="$pipes_dir",target=/tmp
-    \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --env OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT="$pipes_dir/..";
+    \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --mount type=bind,source="$pipes_dir",target="$pipes_dir"
+    \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --env OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT="$pipes_dir";
     \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --env OTEL_SHELL_AUTO_INJECTED=TRUE
     \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --env OTEL_SHELL_AUTO_INSTRUMENTATION_HINT="$("$executable" inspect "$image" | \jq -r '.[0].Config.Entrypoint[]?')"
     \echo -n ' '; _otel_escape_args --entrypoint /bin/sh
diff --git a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell_api.sh b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell_api.sh
index 0d2f0aa88..b67551200 100755
--- a/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell_api.sh
+++ b/src/usr/share/opentelemetry_shell/opentelemetry_shell_api.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fi
 
 # basic setup
 _otel_remote_sdk_pipe="${OTEL_REMOTE_SDK_PIPE:-$(\mktemp -u)_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe}"
+if \[ -z "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT" ]; then OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT=/tmp; fi
 _otel_shell="$(\readlink "/proc/$$/exe" | \rev | \cut -d / -f 1 | \rev)"
 if \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE_SIGNATURE" = 0 ] || \[ "$OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE_SIGNATURE" = "$PPID" ] || \[ "$PPID" = 0 ] || \[ "$(\tr '\000-\037' ' ' < /proc/$PPID/cmdline)" = "$(\tr '\000-\037' ' ' < /proc/$OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE_SIGNATURE/cmdline)" ]; then _otel_commandline_override="$OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE"; fi
 unset OTEL_SHELL_COMMANDLINE_OVERRIDE
@@ -129,9 +130,9 @@ _otel_resolve_package_version() {
 }
 
 otel_span_current() {
-  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u)_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
+  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u -p "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT")_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
   \mkfifo $_otel_mkfifo_flags "$response_pipe"
-  _otel_sdk_communicate "SPAN_HANDLE" "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT/$response_pipe" "$OTEL_TRACEPARENT"
+  _otel_sdk_communicate "SPAN_HANDLE" "$response_pipe" "$OTEL_TRACEPARENT"
   \cat "$response_pipe"
   \rm "$response_pipe" &> /dev/null
 }
@@ -139,9 +140,9 @@ otel_span_current() {
 otel_span_start() {
   local kind="$1"
   local name="$2"
-  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u)_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
+  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u -p "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT")_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
   \mkfifo $_otel_mkfifo_flags "$response_pipe"
-  _otel_sdk_communicate "SPAN_START" "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT/$response_pipe" "$OTEL_TRACEPARENT" "$kind" "$name"
+  _otel_sdk_communicate "SPAN_START" "$response_pipe" "$OTEL_TRACEPARENT" "$kind" "$name"
   \cat "$response_pipe"
   \rm "$response_pipe" &> /dev/null
 }
@@ -171,9 +172,9 @@ otel_span_attribute_typed() {
 
 otel_span_traceparent() {
   local span_handle="$1"
-  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u)_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
+  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u -p "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT")_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
   \mkfifo $_otel_mkfifo_flags "$response_pipe"
-  _otel_sdk_communicate "SPAN_TRACEPARENT" "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT/$response_pipe" "$span_handle"
+  _otel_sdk_communicate "SPAN_TRACEPARENT" "$response_pipe" "$span_handle"
   \cat "$response_pipe"
   \rm "$response_pipe" &> /dev/null
 }
@@ -196,9 +197,9 @@ otel_span_deactivate() {
 
 otel_event_create() {
   local event_name="$1"
-  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u)_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
+  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u -p "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT")_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
   \mkfifo $_otel_mkfifo_flags "$response_pipe"
-  _otel_sdk_communicate "EVENT_CREATE" "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT/$response_pipe" "$event_name"
+  _otel_sdk_communicate "EVENT_CREATE" "$response_pipe" "$event_name"
   \cat "$response_pipe"
   \rm "$response_pipe" &> /dev/null
 }
@@ -224,9 +225,9 @@ otel_event_add() {
 
 otel_metric_create() {
   local metric_name="$1"
-  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u)_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
+  local response_pipe="$(\mktemp -u -p "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT")_opentelemetry_shell_$$.pipe"
   \mkfifo $_otel_mkfifo_flags "$response_pipe"
-  _otel_sdk_communicate "METRIC_CREATE" "$OTEL_SHELL_RESPONSE_PIPE_MOUNT/$response_pipe" "$metric_name"
+  _otel_sdk_communicate "METRIC_CREATE" "$response_pipe" "$metric_name"
   \cat "$response_pipe"
   \rm "$response_pipe" &> /dev/null
 }
diff --git a/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_docker.shell b/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_docker.shell
index 3c94bd764..22e013c60 100755
--- a/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_docker.shell
+++ b/tests/auto/test_auto_injection_docker.shell
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ assert_equals "hello world 4" "$(sudo docker run --entrypoint echo debian:latest
 span="$(resolve_span '.name == "echo hello world 4"')"
 assert_equals "SpanKind.INTERNAL" "$(\echo "$span" | \jq -r '.kind')"
 
+assert_equals "hello world 5" "$(sudo docker run --volume /tmp:/tmp debian:latest echo hello world 5)"
+span="$(resolve_span '.name == "echo hello world 5"')"
+assert_equals "SpanKind.INTERNAL" "$(\echo "$span" | \jq -r '.kind')"
+
 sudo docker image ls
 assert_equals 0 "$?"
 
@@ -38,8 +42,8 @@ assert_equals 0 "$?"
 # from https://github.com/actions/first-interaction/blob/main/Dockerfile (added because it was hanging forever)
 dockerfile="$(mktemp)"
 echo 'FROM node:20.10-buster-slim' >> "$dockerfile"
-echo 'ENTRYPOINT ["node", "-e", "console.log(\"hello world 4\")"]' >> "$dockerfile"
+echo 'ENTRYPOINT ["node", "-e", "console.log(\"hello world 6\")"]' >> "$dockerfile"
 sudo docker build -t docker_test_0 -f "$dockerfile" .
 assert_equals 0 "$?"
-assert_equals "hello world 4" "$(sudo docker run --rm=true docker_test_0)"
+assert_equals "hello world 6" "$(sudo docker run --rm=true docker_test_0)"
 assert_equals 0 "$?"