diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl
index 3cfb74b0e..06ec7478a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_schema.erl
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ fields("node") ->
                 #{
                     mapping => "vm_args.-env ERL_CRASH_DUMP",
                     desc => ?DESC(node_crash_dump_file),
-                    default => "log/erl_crash.dump",
+                    default => crash_dump_file_default(),
                     'readOnly' => true
                 }
             )},
@@ -1296,6 +1296,15 @@ sort_log_levels(Levels) ->
         Levels
     ).
 
+crash_dump_file_default() ->
+    case os:getenv("RUNNER_LOG_DIR") of
+        false ->
+            %% testing, or running emqx app as deps
+            "log/erl_crash.dump";
+        Dir ->
+            [filename:join([Dir, "erl_crash.dump"])]
+    end.
+
 %% utils
 -spec conf_get(string() | [string()], hocon:config()) -> term().
 conf_get(Key, Conf) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.app.src b/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.app.src
index fdfd2b28f..c805fdd25 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.app.src
+++ b/apps/emqx_machine/src/emqx_machine.app.src
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {id, "emqx_machine"},
     {description, "The EMQX Machine"},
     % strict semver, bump manually!
-    {vsn, "0.1.2"},
+    {vsn, "0.1.3"},
     {modules, []},
     {registered, []},
     {applications, [kernel, stdlib]},