diff --git a/common-tomcat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/common/TomcatManagerTest.java b/common-tomcat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/common/TomcatManagerTest.java
index 513194a8..e156a0c9 100644
--- a/common-tomcat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/common/TomcatManagerTest.java
+++ b/common-tomcat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/common/TomcatManagerTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ protected void doPut( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp )
             throws ServletException, IOException
         {
             System.out.println( "put ok:" + req.getRequestURI() );
-            File file = File.createTempFile( "tomcat-unit-test", "tmp" );
+            File file = Files.createTempFile( "tomcat-unit-test", "tmp" ).toFile();
             uploadedResources.add( new UploadedResource( req.getRequestURI(), file ) );
             IOUtils.copy( req.getInputStream(), new FileOutputStream( file ) );
         }
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ protected void doPut( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp )
             System.out.println( "RedirectServlet put ok:" + req.getRequestURI() );
             if ( req.getRequestURI().contains( "redirectrelative" ) )
             {
-                File file = File.createTempFile( "tomcat-unit-test", "tmp" );
+                File file = Files.createTempFile( "tomcat-unit-test", "tmp" ).toFile();
                 uploadedResources.add( new UploadedResource( req.getRequestURI(), file ) );
                 IOUtils.copy( req.getInputStream(), new FileOutputStream( file ) );
                 return;
diff --git a/tomcat7-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat7/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java b/tomcat7-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat7/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java
index 6f011c93..0e315814 100644
--- a/tomcat7-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat7/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java
+++ b/tomcat7-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat7/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ protected File addContextXmlToWar( File contextXmlFile, File warFile )
     {
         ArchiveOutputStream os = null;
         OutputStream warOutputStream = null;
-        File tmpWar = File.createTempFile( "tomcat", "war-exec" );
+        File tmpWar = Files.createTempFile( "tomcat", "war-exec" ).toFile();
         tmpWar.deleteOnExit();
 
         try
diff --git a/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat8/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java b/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat8/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java
index 64262ec6..3927332a 100644
--- a/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat8/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java
+++ b/tomcat8-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/tomcat/maven/plugin/tomcat8/run/AbstractExecWarMojo.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -614,7 +615,7 @@ protected File addContextXmlToWar( File contextXmlFile, File warFile )
     {
         ArchiveOutputStream os = null;
         OutputStream warOutputStream = null;
-        File tmpWar = File.createTempFile( "tomcat", "war-exec" );
+        File tmpWar = Files.createTempFile( "tomcat", "war-exec" ).toFile();
         tmpWar.deleteOnExit();
 
         try