diff --git a/modules/kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/deployment/WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java b/modules/kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/deployment/WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java
index 5cab93b7b3..b247fcac05 100644
--- a/modules/kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/deployment/WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java
+++ b/modules/kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/deployment/WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletConfig;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ public WarBasedAxisConfigurator(ServletConfig servletConfig) throws DeploymentEx
             }
             Parameter param = new Parameter();
             param.setName(Constants.Configuration.ARTIFACTS_TEMP_DIR);
-            File f = new File((File) config.getServletContext().getAttribute("javax.servlet.context.tempdir"), "_axis2");
+            File f = new File((File) config.getServletContext().getAttribute(ServletContext.TEMPDIR), "_axis2");
             if (f.exists() || f.mkdirs()) {
                 param.setValue(f);
             } else {
diff --git a/modules/kernel/test/org/apache/axis2/deployment/WarBasedAxisConfiguratorTempDirTest.java b/modules/kernel/test/org/apache/axis2/deployment/WarBasedAxisConfiguratorTempDirTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d464fa7a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kernel/test/org/apache/axis2/deployment/WarBasedAxisConfiguratorTempDirTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.axis2.deployment;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import org.apache.axis2.Constants;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletConfig;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletContext;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
+public class WarBasedAxisConfiguratorTempDirTest extends TestCase {
+
+    public void testArtifactsDirIsUnderContainerTempDir() throws Exception {
+        File containerTempDir = Files.createTempDirectory("axis2-ctx-tmp").toFile();
+        File stray = new File("_axis2");
+        boolean strayExisted = stray.exists();
+
+        ServletContext servletContext = mock(ServletContext.class);
+        when(servletContext.getAttribute(ServletContext.TEMPDIR)).thenReturn(containerTempDir);
+        when(servletContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/conf/axis2.xml")).thenReturn(
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("<axisconfig name=\"AxisJava2.0\"/>"
+                        .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        ServletConfig servletConfig = mock(ServletConfig.class);
+        when(servletConfig.getServletContext()).thenReturn(servletContext);
+
+        try {
+            WarBasedAxisConfigurator configurator = new WarBasedAxisConfigurator(servletConfig);
+            File artifactsDir = (File) configurator.axisConfig.getParameterValue(
+                    Constants.Configuration.ARTIFACTS_TEMP_DIR);
+            assertEquals(new File(containerTempDir, "_axis2"), artifactsDir);
+        } finally {
+            if (!strayExisted) {
+                stray.delete();
+            }
+            new File(containerTempDir, "_axis2").delete();
+            containerTempDir.delete();
+        }
+    }
+}