diff --git a/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DirPollOperationTest.java b/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DirPollOperationTest.java
index d5106f74d1..26586f39ea 100644
--- a/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DirPollOperationTest.java
+++ b/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DirPollOperationTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -62,9 +63,7 @@ public void process(File name) {
     }
 
     private String createTempDir() throws IOException {
-        File temp = File.createTempFile("dir_poll", "tmp");
-        temp.delete(); // delete the file, we want a dir
-        temp.mkdirs();
+        File temp = Files.createTempDirectory("dir_poll" + "tmp").toFile();
         return temp.getAbsolutePath();
     }