diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index de6a62cec66a6c0313c7dd9362bf6ba3a447f657..1b5f1056e8a8f4c6a4bafa3075d89128fd71d046 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-python-django-compressor (4.5.1-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+python-django-compressor (4.5.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Define explicit debian/tests/control rather than autopkgtest-pkg-pybuild
     in d/control.
+  * Add rm -rf {build_dir}/.tmp; in test command (Closes: #1089028).
 
  -- Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>  Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:46:34 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2b1a1b9a616e46a7561e274f957070bedf927309..f0d6df2f7f29a09e187d302b2f9b2143cdd91b02 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ UPSTREAM_GIT := https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor.git
 include /usr/share/openstack-pkg-tools/pkgos.make
 
 export PYBUILD_TEST_CUSTOM = 1
-export PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS = mkdir {build_dir}/.tmp; cp -a {dir}/compressor/tests/static {build_dir}/.tmp/static; env TMP_TEST_DIR={build_dir}/.tmp {interpreter} -m coverage run --branch --source=compressor /usr/bin/django-admin test --settings=compressor.test_settings compressor
+export PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS = rm -rf {build_dir}/.tmp; mkdir {build_dir}/.tmp; cp -a {dir}/compressor/tests/static {build_dir}/.tmp/static; env TMP_TEST_DIR={build_dir}/.tmp {interpreter} -m coverage run --branch --source=compressor /usr/bin/django-admin test --settings=compressor.test_settings compressor
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --buildsystem=pybuild --with python3