diff --git a/helix-term/tests/test/commands/write.rs b/helix-term/tests/test/commands/write.rs
index 0b1f35f5627d9..8682d8d0c98dd 100644
--- a/helix-term/tests/test/commands/write.rs
+++ b/helix-term/tests/test/commands/write.rs
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ async fn test_symlink_write_relative() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let inner_dir = dir.path().join("b");
     std::fs::create_dir(&inner_dir)?;
 
-    let mut file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::with_prefix_in("file", &inner_dir)?;
+    let mut file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new_in(&inner_dir)?;
     let symlink_path = dir.path().join("linked");
     let relative_path = format!("b/{}", file.path().file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap());
     symlink(relative_path, &symlink_path)?;