diff --git a/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.2.0.ebuild b/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.2.0.ebuild
index 246cccde64499..bab19b8834636 100644
--- a/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.2.0.ebuild
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ src_configure() {
 src_compile() {
 	cargo_src_compile
 
-	ATUIN_BIN="target/$(usex debug debug release)/${PN}"
+	ATUIN_BIN="$(cargo_target_dir)/${PN}"
 
 	# Prepare shell completion generation
 	mkdir completions || die
diff --git a/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild b/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild
index dad51de2291ce..94ea5c432867d 100644
--- a/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ src_configure() {
 src_compile() {
 	cargo_src_compile
 
-	ATUIN_BIN="target/$(usex debug debug release)/${PN}"
+	ATUIN_BIN="$(cargo_target_dir)/${PN}"
 
 	# Prepare shell completion generation
 	mkdir completions || die