diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 47700e7e37..ae2887730e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -894,6 +894,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-next"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b98cf8ebf19c3d1b223e151f99a4f9f0690dca41414773390fc824184ac833e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "dirs-sys-next",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -905,6 +915,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys-next"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users 0.4.0",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dissimilar"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -2270,6 +2291,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 3.1.8",
  "colored",
  "datatest-stable",
+ "dirs-next",
  "evm-exec-utils",
  "hex",
  "move-abigen",
diff --git a/language/tools/move-package/Cargo.toml b/language/tools/move-package/Cargo.toml
index 763a1674f7..638e2418f5 100644
--- a/language/tools/move-package/Cargo.toml
+++ b/language/tools/move-package/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ regex = "1.1.9"
 ptree = "0.4.0"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 named-lock = "0.1.1"
+dirs-next = "2.0.0"
 
 move-binary-format = { path = "../../move-binary-format" }
 move-compiler = { path = "../../move-compiler" }
diff --git a/language/tools/move-package/src/source_package/manifest_parser.rs b/language/tools/move-package/src/source_package/manifest_parser.rs
index c474e999f0..886c68754e 100644
--- a/language/tools/move-package/src/source_package/manifest_parser.rs
+++ b/language/tools/move-package/src/source_package/manifest_parser.rs
@@ -330,7 +330,10 @@ fn parse_dependency(tval: TV) -> Result<PM::Dependency> {
                     let move_home = std::env::var("MOVE_HOME").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                         format!(
                             "{}/.move",
-                            std::env::var("HOME").expect("env var 'HOME' must be set")
+                            dirs_next::home_dir()
+                                .expect("user's home directory not found")
+                                .to_str()
+                                .unwrap()
                         )
                     });
                     let rev_name = match table.remove("rev") {