diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt
index 5180646cb5..a2d48bba4c 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy
 import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.tasks.AbstractJPackageTask
 import org.jetbrains.compose.internal.utils.OS
 import org.jetbrains.compose.internal.utils.currentOS
+import org.jetbrains.compose.internal.utils.ioFile
 import java.io.File
 
 internal const val DOWNLOAD_WIX_TOOLSET_TASK_NAME = "downloadWix"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ internal fun JvmApplicationContext.configureWix() {
     val wixDir = project.gradle.gradleUserHomeDir.resolve("compose-jb")
     val fileName = "wix311"
     val zipFile = wixDir.resolve("$fileName.zip")
-    val unzipDir = root.projectDir.resolve(fileName)
+    val unzipDir = root.layout.buildDirectory.dir(fileName)
     val download = root.tasks.maybeCreate(DOWNLOAD_WIX_TOOLSET_TASK_NAME, Download::class.java).apply {
         onlyIf { !zipFile.isFile }
         src("https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3112rtm/wix311-binaries.zip")
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ internal fun JvmApplicationContext.configureWix() {
     val unzip = root.tasks.maybeCreate(UNZIP_WIX_TOOLSET_TASK_NAME, Copy::class.java).apply {
         dependsOn(download)
         from(project.zipTree(zipFile))
-        destinationDir = unzipDir
+        destinationDir = unzipDir.ioFile
     }
     project.eachWindowsPackageTask {
         dependsOn(unzip)
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/tests/integration/DesktopApplicationTest.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/tests/integration/DesktopApplicationTest.kt
index fb25d164d6..6ae1fe94eb 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/tests/integration/DesktopApplicationTest.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/tests/integration/DesktopApplicationTest.kt
@@ -503,4 +503,19 @@ class DesktopApplicationTest : GradlePluginTestBase() {
             check.taskSuccessful(":runDistributable")
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testWixUnzip() {
+        Assumptions.assumeTrue(currentOS == OS.Windows) { "The test is only relevant for Windows" }
+
+        with(testProject(TestProjects.jvm)) {
+            gradle(":unzipWix").checks {
+                check.taskSuccessful(":unzipWix")
+
+                file("build/wix311").checkExists()
+                file("build/wix311/light.exe").checkExists()
+                file("wix311").checkNotExists()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/utils/fileUtils.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/utils/fileUtils.kt
index dc94686621..cf320c0c12 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/utils/fileUtils.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/test/utils/fileUtils.kt
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ fun File.checkExists(): File = apply {
             }
         }
     }
+}
+
+fun File.checkNotExists(): File = apply {
+    check(!exists()) { "File must not exist: $absolutePath" }
 }
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