diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/nativeToolRunners.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/nativeToolRunners.kt
index 27328d5d5eb..bef1e6cf315 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/nativeToolRunners.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/nativeToolRunners.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.properties.resolvablePropertyString
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.KonanTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.util.DependencyDirectories
+import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.util.*
 
 private val Project.jvmArgs
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ internal class KotlinNativeCompilerRunner(project: Project) : KotlinNativeToolRu
     override fun transformArgs(args: List<String>): List<String> {
         if (!useArgFile) return super.transformArgs(args)
 
-        val argFile = createTempFile(prefix = "kotlinc-native-args", suffix = ".lst").apply { deleteOnExit() }
+        val argFile = Files.createTempFile(/* prefix = */ "kotlinc-native-args", /* suffix = */ ".lst").toFile().apply { deleteOnExit() }
         argFile.printWriter().use { w ->
             args.forEach { arg ->
                 val escapedArg = arg
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTask.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTask.kt
index 1cf3146c264..ae524b03a9d 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTask.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/internal/CommonizerTask.kt
@@ -105,11 +105,10 @@ internal data class CommonizerTaskParams(
                         val parentDir = destinationDir.parentFile
                         parentDir.mkdirs()
 
-                        val destinationTmpDir = createTempDir(
-                            prefix = "tmp-" + destinationDir.name,
-                            suffix = ".new",
-                            directory = parentDir
-                        )
+                        val destinationTmpDir = Files.createTempDirectory(
+                            /* dir = */ parentDir.toPath(),
+                            /* prefix = */ "tmp-new-" + destinationDir.name
+                        ).toFile()
 
                         commandLineArguments += "native-dist-commonize"
                         commandLineArguments += "-distribution-path"
@@ -256,16 +255,16 @@ private fun renameToTempAndDelete(directory: File) {
         directory
     } else {
         // first, rename the directory to some temp directory
-        val tempDir = createTempFile(
-            prefix = "tmp-" + directory.name,
-            suffix = ".old",
-            directory = directory.parentFile
+        val tempDir = Files.createTempFile(
+            /* dir = */ directory.parentFile.toPath(),
+            /* prefix = */ "tmp-old-" + directory.name,
+            /* suffix = */ null
         )
-        tempDir.delete()
+        Files.delete(tempDir)
 
-        Files.move(directory.toPath(), tempDir.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE)
+        Files.move(directory.toPath(), tempDir, StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE)
 
-        tempDir
+        tempDir.toFile()
     }
 
     dirToRemove.deleteRecursively()