diff --git a/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.spec.ts b/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.spec.ts
index c38ea0b10..d85fa48e1 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.spec.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ describe(Scanner, () => {
                 .returns(() => false)
                 .verifiable();
             // eslint-disable-next-line security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename
-            fsMock.setup((fsm) => fsm.mkdirSync(reportOutDir)).verifiable();
+            fsMock.setup((fsm) => fsm.mkdirSync(reportOutDir, { recursive: true })).verifiable();
 
             const crawlerParams: CrawlerRunOptions = {
                 baseUrl: scanArguments.url,
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.ts b/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.ts
index 6ab00dd9a..64ddb8212 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/scanner/scanner.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class Scanner {
         if (!this.fileSystemObj.existsSync(outDirectory)) {
             this.logger.logInfo(`Report output directory does not exist. Creating directory ${outDirectory}`);
             // eslint-disable-next-line security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename
-            this.fileSystemObj.mkdirSync(outDirectory);
+            this.fileSystemObj.mkdirSync(outDirectory, { recursive: true });
         }
     }