diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
index f43e09240af..412ec72001a 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/ArchiveAnalyzer.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.*;
 
 /**
@@ -163,15 +164,7 @@ protected String getAnalyzerEnabledSettingKey() {
     @Override
     public void initializeFileTypeAnalyzer() throws Exception {
         final File baseDir = Settings.getTempDirectory();
-        tempFileLocation = File.createTempFile("check", "tmp", baseDir);
-        if (!tempFileLocation.delete()) {
-            final String msg = String.format("Unable to delete temporary file '%s'.", tempFileLocation.getAbsolutePath());
-            throw new AnalysisException(msg);
-        }
-        if (!tempFileLocation.mkdirs()) {
-            final String msg = String.format("Unable to create directory '%s'.", tempFileLocation.getAbsolutePath());
-            throw new AnalysisException(msg);
-        }
+        tempFileLocation = Files.createTempDirectory(baseDir.toPath(), "check" + "tmp").toFile();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
index 9c794aef133..9962c477cfb 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/JarAnalyzer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
@@ -887,15 +888,7 @@ private void addLicense(Dependency d, String license) {
     @Override
     public void initializeFileTypeAnalyzer() throws Exception {
         final File baseDir = Settings.getTempDirectory();
-        tempFileLocation = File.createTempFile("check", "tmp", baseDir);
-        if (!tempFileLocation.delete()) {
-            final String msg = String.format("Unable to delete temporary file '%s'.", tempFileLocation.getAbsolutePath());
-            throw new AnalysisException(msg);
-        }
-        if (!tempFileLocation.mkdirs()) {
-            final String msg = String.format("Unable to create directory '%s'.", tempFileLocation.getAbsolutePath());
-            throw new AnalysisException(msg);
-        }
+        tempFileLocation = Files.createTempDirectory(baseDir.toPath(), "check" + "tmp").toFile();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java
index c89aaed6ff2..232678042dc 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/PythonDistributionAnalyzer.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
 import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.NameFileFilter;
 import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.SuffixFileFilter;
 import org.apache.commons.io.input.AutoCloseInputStream;
@@ -234,19 +236,7 @@ private void collectMetadataFromArchiveFormat(Dependency dependency,
     @Override
     protected void initializeFileTypeAnalyzer() throws Exception {
         final File baseDir = Settings.getTempDirectory();
-        tempFileLocation = File.createTempFile("check", "tmp", baseDir);
-        if (!tempFileLocation.delete()) {
-            final String msg = String.format(
-                    "Unable to delete temporary file '%s'.",
-                    tempFileLocation.getAbsolutePath());
-            throw new AnalysisException(msg);
-        }
-        if (!tempFileLocation.mkdirs()) {
-            final String msg = String.format(
-                    "Unable to create directory '%s'.",
-                    tempFileLocation.getAbsolutePath());
-            throw new AnalysisException(msg);
-        }
+        tempFileLocation = Files.createTempDirectory(baseDir.toPath(), "check" + "tmp").toFile();
     }
 
     /**