diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 BOT_PREFIX="[Automated]"
 TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
-BUILD_DIR="${TOPLEVEL}"/build
+BUILD_DIR="${TOPLEVEL}/abc-ci-builds/automated-commit-${COMMIT_TYPE}"
 mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}"
 export BUILD_DIR