diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdateTask.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdateTask.java
index cb9429a72..531cd39c0 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdateTask.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/AbstractUpdateTask.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractUpdateTask implements UpdateTask {
      * @throws IOException thrown if the directory cannot be deleted
      */
     protected void deleteExistingData() throws IOException {
-        File data = Settings.getFile(Settings.KEYS.CVE_DATA_DIRECTORY);
+        File data = Settings.getDataFile(Settings.KEYS.CVE_DATA_DIRECTORY);
         if (data.exists()) {
             FileUtils.delete(data);
         }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/DatabaseUpdater.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/DatabaseUpdater.java
index 55ab0ccfd..6ab7a74fa 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/DatabaseUpdater.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/DatabaseUpdater.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class DatabaseUpdater implements CachedWebDataSource {
      * @throws IOException thrown if the directory cannot be deleted
      */
     protected void deleteExistingData() throws IOException {
-        File data = Settings.getFile(Settings.KEYS.CVE_DATA_DIRECTORY);
+        File data = Settings.getDataFile(Settings.KEYS.CVE_DATA_DIRECTORY);
         if (data.exists()) {
             FileUtils.delete(data);
         }