diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/AbstractInvokerMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/AbstractInvokerMojo.java
index aa59f786..4a3bd354 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/AbstractInvokerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/AbstractInvokerMojo.java
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ private File mergeSettings(File interpolatedSettingsFile) throws MojoExecutionEx
 
     private File writeMergedSettingsFile(Settings mergedSettings) throws IOException {
         File mergedSettingsFile;
-        mergedSettingsFile = File.createTempFile("invoker-settings", ".xml");
+        mergedSettingsFile = Files.createTempFile("invoker-settings", ".xml").toFile();
 
         SettingsXpp3Writer settingsWriter = new SettingsXpp3Writer();
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/InvokerPropertiesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/InvokerPropertiesTest.java
index eb357c8b..2ba1d78c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/InvokerPropertiesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/InvokerPropertiesTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugins.invoker;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ public void testConfigureRequestProject() throws Exception {
         Properties props = new Properties();
         InvokerProperties facade = new InvokerProperties(props);
 
-        File tempPom = File.createTempFile("maven-invoker-plugin-test", ".pom");
+        File tempPom = Files.createTempFile("maven-invoker-plugin-test", ".pom").toFile();
         try {
             File tempDir = tempPom.getParentFile();
             when(request.getBaseDirectory()).thenReturn(tempDir);