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 d8ea190cd..e614bf7c6 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
@@ -112,10 +112,7 @@ 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());
-                if (file.exists()) {
-                    file.delete();
-                }
+                file = FileUtils.getTempFile("suppression", "xml");
                 final URL url = new URL(suppressionFilePath);
                 try {
                     Downloader.fetchFile(url, file, false);
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
index bcbb59dd6..fc3c4a31b 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
@@ -86,6 +87,26 @@ public final class FileUtils {
         return success;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generates a new temporary file name that is guaranteed to be unique.
+     *
+     * @param prefix the prefix for the file name to generate
+     * @param extension the extension of the generated file name
+     * @return a temporary File
+     */
+    public static File getTempFile(String prefix, String extension) {
+        final File dir = Settings.getTempDirectory();
+        if (!dir.exists()) {
+            dir.mkdirs();
+        }
+        final String tempFileName = String.format("%s%s.%s", prefix, UUID.randomUUID().toString(), extension);
+        final File tempFile = new File(dir, tempFileName);
+        if (tempFile.exists()) {
+            return getTempFile(prefix, extension);
+        }
+        return tempFile;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the data directory. If a path was specified in dependencycheck.properties or was specified using the
      * Settings object, and the path exists, that path will be returned as a File object. If it does not exist, then a