diff --git a/cmd/kk/app/options/option.go b/cmd/kk/app/options/option.go
index f1486ca6..5e8bf608 100644
--- a/cmd/kk/app/options/option.go
+++ b/cmd/kk/app/options/option.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func newCommonOptions() CommonOptions {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "get current dir error")
 		o.WorkDir = "/tmp/kubekey"
 	} else {
-		o.WorkDir = wd
+		o.WorkDir = filepath.Join(wd, "kubekey")
 	}
 	return o
 }
diff --git a/pkg/connector/kubernetes_ connector.go b/pkg/connector/kubernetes_ connector.go
index 09876669..421c9c0a 100644
--- a/pkg/connector/kubernetes_ connector.go	
+++ b/pkg/connector/kubernetes_ connector.go	
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (c *kubernetesConnector) Init(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// set rootDir
-	c.rootDir = filepath.Join(_const.GetWorkDir(), "kubernetes", c.clusterName)
+	c.rootDir = filepath.Join(_const.GetWorkDir(), _const.KubernetesDir, c.clusterName)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(c.rootDir); err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(c.rootDir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
 			klog.V(4).ErrorS(err, "Failed to create local dir", "cluster", c.clusterName)
diff --git a/pkg/const/workdir.go b/pkg/const/workdir.go
index b875f5e7..00d19f81 100644
--- a/pkg/const/workdir.go
+++ b/pkg/const/workdir.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ workdir/
 |   |   |   |   |-- inventory.yaml
 |
 |-- kubekey/
+|
+|-- kubernetes/
+
 */
 
 // workDir is the user-specified working directory. By default, it is the same as the directory where the kubekey command is executed.
@@ -117,3 +120,6 @@ const RuntimePipelineVariableDir = "variable"
 // "kubekey" is the default directory name under the working directory. It is used to store
 // files required when executing the kubekey command (such as: docker, etcd, image packages, etc.).
 // These files will be downloaded locally and distributed to remote nodes.
+
+// KubernetesDir represents the remote host directory for each kubernetes connection
+const KubernetesDir = "kubernetes"