diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f4479dd1..bb57d438f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ certificates/etag-*.txt
 # Ignore temporary files generated by the testing proxy.
 tests/utils/proxy/__pycache__
 tests/utils/proxy/*.pid
+tests/utils/pids
diff --git a/scripts/start-test-environment.sh b/scripts/start-test-environment.sh
index 66be8ad79..dfe3e80f8 100755
--- a/scripts/start-test-environment.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-test-environment.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if [ $sourced -eq 0 ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-PID_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/.test-pids"
+PID_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/tests/utils/pids"
 
 # Check if mitmproxy is installed
 if ! command -v mitmdump >/dev/null 2>&1; then
diff --git a/scripts/stop-test-environment.sh b/scripts/stop-test-environment.sh
index 5e4654580..b00c631a0 100755
--- a/scripts/stop-test-environment.sh
+++ b/scripts/stop-test-environment.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ else
     SCRIPT_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts"
 fi
 
-PID_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/.test-pids"
+PID_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/tests/utils/pids"
 
 # Function to safely kill a process
 kill_process() {