diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java
index 2e6d0392f..0ed7e4c91 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
             final Pattern uriRx = Pattern.compile("^(https?|file)\\:.*", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
             if (uriRx.matcher(suppressionFilePath).matches()) {
                 deleteTempFile = true;
-                file = File.createTempFile("suppression", "xml", Settings.getTempDirectory());
+                file = File.createTempFile("suppression", ".xml", Settings.getTempDirectory());
+                if (file.exists()) {
+                    file.delete();
+                }
                 final URL url = new URL(suppressionFilePath);
                 try {
                     Downloader.fetchFile(url, file, false);