diff --git a/config/kraft/controller.properties b/config/kraft/controller.properties
index 30fe3e78f3ad8..54aa7fb9a031c 100644
--- a/config/kraft/controller.properties
+++ b/config/kraft/controller.properties
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ socket.request.max.bytes=104857600
 ############################# Log Basics #############################
 
 # A comma separated list of directories under which to store log files
-log.dirs=/tmp/raft-controller-logs
+log.dirs=/tmp/kraft-controller-logs
 
 # The default number of log partitions per topic. More partitions allow greater
 # parallelism for consumption, but this will also result in more files across