diff --git a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
index 13584271e1bb5..7354e21cab4e2 100644
--- a/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/container-image/container-image-openshift/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/container/image/openshift/deployment/OpenshiftProcessor.java
@@ -421,6 +421,12 @@ public static void createContainerImage(KubernetesClientBuilder kubernetesClient
 
             applyOpenshiftResources(openShiftClient, buildResources);
             openshiftBuild(buildResources, tar, openshiftConfig, kubernetesClientBuilder);
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                tar.delete();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                LOG.warn("Unable to delete temporary file " + tar.toPath().toAbsolutePath(), e);
+            }
         }
     }