diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaFileUnitTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaFileUnitTest.java
index 4b56a97325..d4b63beaa4 100644
--- a/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaFileUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/io/JavaFileUnitTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package org.baeldung.java.io;
 
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -9,17 +11,29 @@ import java.nio.file.FileSystemException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class JavaFileUnitTest {
 
-    // create a file
+    private static final String TEMP_DIR = "src/test/resources/temp" + UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() throws IOException {
+        Files.createDirectory(Paths.get(TEMP_DIR));
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void cleanup() throws IOException {
+        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(TEMP_DIR));
+    }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingJDK6_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        final File newFile = new File("src/test/resources/newFile_jdk6.txt");
+        final File newFile = new File(TEMP_DIR + "/newFile_jdk6.txt");
         final boolean success = newFile.createNewFile();
 
         assertTrue(success);
@@ -27,48 +41,48 @@ public class JavaFileUnitTest {
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingJDK7nio2_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        final Path newFilePath = Paths.get("src/test/resources/newFile_jdk7.txt");
+        final Path newFilePath = Paths.get(TEMP_DIR + "/newFile_jdk7.txt");
         Files.createFile(newFilePath);
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingCommonsIo_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        FileUtils.touch(new File("src/test/resources/newFile_commonsio.txt"));
+        FileUtils.touch(new File(TEMP_DIR + "/newFile_commonsio.txt"));
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingGuava_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        com.google.common.io.Files.touch(new File("src/test/resources/newFile_guava.txt"));
+        com.google.common.io.Files.touch(new File(TEMP_DIR + "/newFile_guava.txt"));
     }
 
     // move a file
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingJDK6_whenMovingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        final File fileToMove = new File("src/test/resources/toMoveFile_jdk6.txt");
+        final File fileToMove = new File(TEMP_DIR + "/toMoveFile_jdk6.txt");
         fileToMove.createNewFile();// .exists();
-        final File destDir = new File("src/test/resources/");
+        final File destDir = new File(TEMP_DIR + "/");
         destDir.mkdir();
 
-        final boolean isMoved = fileToMove.renameTo(new File("src/test/resources/movedFile_jdk6.txt"));
+        final boolean isMoved = fileToMove.renameTo(new File(TEMP_DIR + "/movedFile_jdk6.txt"));
         if (!isMoved) {
-            throw new FileSystemException("src/test/resources/movedFile_jdk6.txt");
+            throw new FileSystemException(TEMP_DIR + "/movedFile_jdk6.txt");
         }
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingJDK7Nio2_whenMovingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        final Path fileToMovePath = Files.createFile(Paths.get("src/test/resources/" + randomAlphabetic(5) + ".txt"));
-        final Path targetPath = Paths.get("src/main/resources/");
+        final Path fileToMovePath = Files.createFile(Paths.get(TEMP_DIR + "/" + randomAlphabetic(5) + ".txt"));
+        final Path targetPath = Paths.get(TEMP_DIR + "/");
 
         Files.move(fileToMovePath, targetPath.resolve(fileToMovePath.getFileName()));
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingGuava_whenMovingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        final File fileToMove = new File("src/test/resources/fileToMove.txt");
+        final File fileToMove = new File(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToMove.txt");
         fileToMove.createNewFile();
-        final File destDir = new File("src/main/resources/");
+        final File destDir = new File(TEMP_DIR + "/temp");
         final File targetFile = new File(destDir, fileToMove.getName());
         com.google.common.io.Files.createParentDirs(targetFile);
         com.google.common.io.Files.move(fileToMove, targetFile);
@@ -76,23 +90,24 @@ public class JavaFileUnitTest {
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingApache_whenMovingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        FileUtils.touch(new File("src/test/resources/fileToMove_apache.txt"));
-        FileUtils.moveFile(FileUtils.getFile("src/test/resources/fileToMove_apache.txt"), FileUtils.getFile("src/test/resources/fileMoved_apache2.txt"));
+        FileUtils.touch(new File(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToMove_apache.txt"));
+        FileUtils.moveFile(FileUtils.getFile(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToMove_apache.txt"), FileUtils.getFile(TEMP_DIR + "/fileMoved_apache2.txt"));
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingApache_whenMovingFileApproach2_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        FileUtils.touch(new File("src/test/resources/fileToMove_apache.txt"));
-        FileUtils.moveFileToDirectory(FileUtils.getFile("src/test/resources/fileToMove_apache.txt"), FileUtils.getFile("src/main/resources/"), true);
+        FileUtils.touch(new File(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToMove_apache.txt"));
+        Files.createDirectory(Paths.get(TEMP_DIR + "/temp"));
+        FileUtils.moveFileToDirectory(FileUtils.getFile(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToMove_apache.txt"), FileUtils.getFile(TEMP_DIR + "/temp"), true);
     }
 
     // delete a file
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingJDK6_whenDeletingAFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        new File("src/test/resources/fileToDelete_jdk6.txt").createNewFile();
+        new File(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete_jdk6.txt").createNewFile();
 
-        final File fileToDelete = new File("src/test/resources/fileToDelete_jdk6.txt");
+        final File fileToDelete = new File(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete_jdk6.txt");
         final boolean success = fileToDelete.delete();
 
         assertTrue(success);
@@ -100,17 +115,17 @@ public class JavaFileUnitTest {
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingJDK7nio2_whenDeletingAFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        Files.createFile(Paths.get("src/test/resources/fileToDelete_jdk7.txt"));
+        Files.createFile(Paths.get(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete_jdk7.txt"));
 
-        final Path fileToDeletePath = Paths.get("src/test/resources/fileToDelete_jdk7.txt");
+        final Path fileToDeletePath = Paths.get(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete_jdk7.txt");
         Files.delete(fileToDeletePath);
     }
 
     @Test
     public final void givenUsingCommonsIo_whenDeletingAFileV1_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        FileUtils.touch(new File("src/test/resources/fileToDelete_commonsIo.txt"));
+        FileUtils.touch(new File(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete_commonsIo.txt"));
 
-        final File fileToDelete = FileUtils.getFile("src/test/resources/fileToDelete_commonsIo.txt");
+        final File fileToDelete = FileUtils.getFile(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete_commonsIo.txt");
         final boolean success = FileUtils.deleteQuietly(fileToDelete);
 
         assertTrue(success);
@@ -118,9 +133,9 @@ public class JavaFileUnitTest {
 
     @Test
     public void givenUsingCommonsIo_whenDeletingAFileV2_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
-        FileUtils.touch(new File("src/test/resources/fileToDelete.txt"));
+        FileUtils.touch(new File(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete.txt"));
 
-        FileUtils.forceDelete(FileUtils.getFile("src/test/resources/fileToDelete.txt"));
+        FileUtils.forceDelete(FileUtils.getFile(TEMP_DIR + "/fileToDelete.txt"));
     }
 
 }