diff --git a/src/main/java/org/zeroturnaround/zip/ZipUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/zeroturnaround/zip/ZipUtil.java
index 111ac85..3fda627 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/zeroturnaround/zip/ZipUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/zeroturnaround/zip/ZipUtil.java
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ private static File checkDestinationFileForTraversal(File outputDir, String name
      * that the outputdir + name doesn't leave the outputdir. See
      * DirectoryTraversalMaliciousTest for details.
      */
-    if (name.indexOf("..") != -1 && !destFile.getCanonicalPath().startsWith(outputDir.getCanonicalPath())) {
+    if (name.indexOf("..") != -1 && !destFile.getCanonicalFile().toPath().startsWith(outputDir.getCanonicalFile().toPath())) {
       throw new MaliciousZipException(outputDir, name);
     }
     return destFile;