diff --git a/recipes-mono/dotnet-helloworld/dotnet-helloworld_1.0.bb b/recipes-mono/dotnet-helloworld/dotnet-helloworld_1.0.bb
index 59bcd01d..579493ef 100644
--- a/recipes-mono/dotnet-helloworld/dotnet-helloworld_1.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-mono/dotnet-helloworld/dotnet-helloworld_1.0.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}:append = " \
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST ?= "(x86_64|aarch64|arm).*-linux"
 
+# NuGet MigrationRunner hardcodes $HOME for migrations dir.
+# Override HOME so it's always writable (CI containers often have read-only HOME).
+export HOME = "${WORKDIR}/dotnet-home"
+export DOTNET_CLI_HOME = "${WORKDIR}/dotnet-home"
+export DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE = "true"
+export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT = "1"
+export DOTNET_NOLOGO = "1"
+export NUGET_PACKAGES = "${WORKDIR}/nuget-packages"
+export NUGET_HTTP_CACHE_PATH = "${WORKDIR}/nuget-http-cache"
+
+
 SRC_ARCH:aarch64 = "arm64"
 SRC_ARCH:arm = "arm"
 SRC_ARCH:x86-64 = "x64"