diff --git a/reactor-netty-core/src/test/java/reactor/netty/ByteBufFluxTest.java b/reactor-netty-core/src/test/java/reactor/netty/ByteBufFluxTest.java
index 89d4478485..5a8cb47b32 100644
--- a/reactor-netty-core/src/test/java/reactor/netty/ByteBufFluxTest.java
+++ b/reactor-netty-core/src/test/java/reactor/netty/ByteBufFluxTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2021 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2022 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ void testFromPath() throws Exception {
 
 	private static File createTemporaryDirectory() {
 		try {
-			final File tempDir = File.createTempFile("ByteBufFluxTest", "", null);
-			assertThat(tempDir.delete()).isTrue();
-			assertThat(tempDir.mkdir()).isTrue();
+			final File tempDir = Files.createTempDirectory("ByteBufFluxTest").toFile();
 			return tempDir;
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {