diff --git a/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/testutils/CompareToolUtil.java b/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/testutils/CompareToolUtil.java
index 89a1c84da..514ee59c0 100644
--- a/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/testutils/CompareToolUtil.java
+++ b/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/testutils/CompareToolUtil.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -74,15 +75,7 @@ public static String createTempDirectory(String tempFilePrefix)
             throws IOException {
         final File temp;
 
-        temp = File.createTempFile("temp", Long.toString(System.nanoTime()));
-
-        if(!(temp.delete())) {
-            throw new IOException("Could not delete temp file: " + temp.getAbsolutePath());
-        }
-
-        if(!(temp.mkdir())) {
-            throw new IOException("Could not create temp directory: " + temp.getAbsolutePath());
-        }
+        temp = Files.createTempDirectory("temp" + Long.toString(System.nanoTime())).toFile();
 
         return temp.toString();
     }