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 f8518c42..af131718 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/AbstractInvokerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/AbstractInvokerMojo.java
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ 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 1694e1d8..a6148ae4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/InvokerPropertiesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/invoker/InvokerPropertiesTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ 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();