diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index 68a028acfe2..9cd5d7bd7c4 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ If the plugin is not installed in Poetry's own environment when running `poetry
 it will be installed only for the current project under `.poetry/plugins`
 in the project's directory.
 
+This path can be changed by setting the `POETRY_PROJECT_PLUGIN_CACHE` environment variable
+to a path similar to the default value, e.g. `.poetry_314/plugins`,
+when running Poetry itself using different versions of Python, such as in CI.
+
 The syntax to specify `plugins` is the same as for [dependencies]({{< relref "managing-dependencies" >}}).
 
 {{% warning %}}
diff --git a/src/poetry/plugins/plugin_manager.py b/src/poetry/plugins/plugin_manager.py
index 17131a39b07..152b16e7898 100644
--- a/src/poetry/plugins/plugin_manager.py
+++ b/src/poetry/plugins/plugin_manager.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import hashlib
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def _load_plugin_entry_point(self, ep: metadata.EntryPoint) -> None:
 
 
 class ProjectPluginCache:
-    PATH = Path(".poetry") / "plugins"
+    PATH = os.environ.get("POETRY_PROJECT_PLUGIN_CACHE", Path(".poetry") / "plugins")
 
     def __init__(self, poetry: Poetry, io: IO) -> None:
         self._poetry = poetry