diff --git a/dist/restore/index.js b/dist/restore/index.js
index c4c1d86a..4110e6e7 100644
--- a/dist/restore/index.js
+++ b/dist/restore/index.js
@@ -250222,7 +250222,7 @@ async function cleanBin(oldBins) {
 async function cleanRegistry(packages, crates = true) {
     // remove `.cargo/credentials.toml`
     try {
-        const credentials = path.join(CARGO_HOME, ".cargo", "credentials.toml");
+        const credentials = path.join(CARGO_HOME, "credentials.toml");
         core.debug(`deleting "${credentials}"`);
         await fs.promises.unlink(credentials);
     }
diff --git a/dist/save/index.js b/dist/save/index.js
index 90bd1e71..f6a8eae5 100644
--- a/dist/save/index.js
+++ b/dist/save/index.js
@@ -250222,7 +250222,7 @@ async function cleanBin(oldBins) {
 async function cleanRegistry(packages, crates = true) {
     // remove `.cargo/credentials.toml`
     try {
-        const credentials = external_path_default().join(CARGO_HOME, ".cargo", "credentials.toml");
+        const credentials = external_path_default().join(CARGO_HOME, "credentials.toml");
         core_debug(`deleting "${credentials}"`);
         await external_fs_default().promises.unlink(credentials);
     }
diff --git a/src/cleanup.ts b/src/cleanup.ts
index 8fe53c41..b39c334e 100644
--- a/src/cleanup.ts
+++ b/src/cleanup.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function cleanBin(oldBins: Array<string>) {
 export async function cleanRegistry(packages: Packages, crates = true) {
   // remove `.cargo/credentials.toml`
   try {
-    const credentials = path.join(CARGO_HOME, ".cargo", "credentials.toml");
+    const credentials = path.join(CARGO_HOME, "credentials.toml");
     core.debug(`deleting "${credentials}"`);
     await fs.promises.unlink(credentials);
   } catch {}