diff --git a/taverna-scufl2-ucfpackage/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/scufl2/ucfpackage/impl/odfdom/pkg/TempDir.java b/taverna-scufl2-ucfpackage/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/scufl2/ucfpackage/impl/odfdom/pkg/TempDir.java
index 7178aaaa..bad2e947 100644
--- a/taverna-scufl2-ucfpackage/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/scufl2/ucfpackage/impl/odfdom/pkg/TempDir.java
+++ b/taverna-scufl2-ucfpackage/src/main/java/org/apache/taverna/scufl2/ucfpackage/impl/odfdom/pkg/TempDir.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 
 class TempDir {
     /**
@@ -40,11 +41,7 @@ class TempDir {
      */
     static File newTempOdfDirectory(String prefix, File parentDir)
             throws IOException {
-        File tempFile = File.createTempFile(prefix, "", parentDir);
-        if (!tempFile.delete())
-            throw new IOException();
-        if (!tempFile.mkdir())
-            throw new IOException();
+        File tempFile = Files.createTempDirectory(parentDir.toPath(),prefix).toFile();
         TempDirDeleter.getInstance().add(tempFile);
         return tempFile;
     }