diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/ForkedLauncher.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/ForkedLauncher.java
index 54b2008..595243b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/ForkedLauncher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/verifier/ForkedLauncher.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ public String getMavenVersion()
         File logFile;
         try
         {
-            logFile = File.createTempFile( "maven", "log" );
+            logFile = Files.createTempFile( "maven", "log" ).toFile();
         }
         catch ( IOException e )
         {