diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/post/impl/helper/SlingFileUploadHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/post/impl/helper/SlingFileUploadHandler.java
index d1ee4ff..87e4420 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/post/impl/helper/SlingFileUploadHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/servlets/post/impl/helper/SlingFileUploadHandler.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.SequenceInputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ private File mergeChunks(final Resource parentResource,
         SequenceInputStream  mergeStrm = null;
         File file = null;
         try {
-            file = File.createTempFile("tmp-", "-mergechunk");
+            file = Files.createTempFile("tmp-", "-mergechunk").toFile();
             out = new FileOutputStream(file);
             String startPattern = SlingPostConstants.CHUNK_NODE_NAME + "_" + "0_";
             Iterator<Resource> itr = new FilteringResourceIterator(parentResource.listChildren(), startPattern);
@@ -595,4 +596,4 @@ private Resource createWithChanges(final Resource parent, final String name,
         return result;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}