diff --git a/packages/browsers/src/Cache.ts b/packages/browsers/src/Cache.ts
index 12d1a998bda..b5420c23d14 100644
--- a/packages/browsers/src/Cache.ts
+++ b/packages/browsers/src/Cache.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ export class Cache {
   }
 
   browserRoot(browser: Browser): string {
-    return path.join(this.#rootDir, browser);
+    // Chromium is a special case for backward compatibility: we install it in
+    // the Chrome folder.
+    return path.join(
+      this.#rootDir,
+      browser === Browser.CHROMIUM ? Browser.CHROME : browser
+    );
   }
 
   installationDir(
diff --git a/packages/browsers/test/src/chromium/launcher.spec.ts b/packages/browsers/test/src/chromium/launcher.spec.ts
index 2e7f388f099..b12eff7688c 100644
--- a/packages/browsers/test/src/chromium/launcher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/browsers/test/src/chromium/launcher.spec.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('Chromium', () => {
         buildId: '123',
         cacheDir: 'cache',
       }),
-      path.join('cache', 'chromium', 'linux-123', 'chrome-linux', 'chrome')
+      path.join('cache', 'chrome', 'linux-123', 'chrome-linux', 'chrome')
     );
   });