diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
index fdcced538ef3..bfe00cf142ab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Util.java
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ public static File createTempDir() throws IOException {
         final String tempDirNamePrefix = "jenkins";
 
         final Path systemTmpDirectoryPath = Path.of(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
-        if (!systemTmpDirectoryPath.toFile().exists()){
+        if (!systemTmpDirectoryPath.toFile().exists()) {
             // In some cases the tmp directory set in the java.io.tmpdir property will not exist and hence will have to
             // be created here.
-            systemTmpDirectoryPath.toFile().mkdirs();
+            Files.createDirectory(systemTmpDirectoryPath);
         }
 
         if (FileSystems.getDefault().supportedFileAttributeViews().contains("posix")) {