diff --git a/src/test/java/jnr/posix/windows/WindowsFileTest.java b/src/test/java/jnr/posix/windows/WindowsFileTest.java
index 15910f9f..1f540ef1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/jnr/posix/windows/WindowsFileTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/jnr/posix/windows/WindowsFileTest.java
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.io.RandomAccessFile;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import jnr.posix.DummyPOSIXHandler;
 import jnr.posix.FileStat;
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 public class WindowsFileTest {
     private static POSIX posix;
 
@@ -52,9 +53,7 @@ public void cleanup(File node) {
     // FIXME: This is a broken method since it does not delete any of the generated dirs.
     private static final String DIR_NAME = "0123456789";
     private Pair makeLongPath() throws IOException {
-        File tmp = File.createTempFile("temp", Long.toHexString(System.nanoTime()));
-
-        if (!(tmp.delete() && tmp.mkdir())) throw new IOException("Could not make a long path");
+        File tmp = Files.createTempDirectory("temp" + Long.toHexString(System.nanoTime())).toFile();
 
         StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(DIR_NAME);
         for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {