diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4bea8c1..d00d47f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
 [[package]]
 name = "adler"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -90,12 +92,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fuchsia-cprng"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a06f77d526c1a601b7c4cdd98f54b5eaabffc14d5f2f0296febdc7f357c6d3ba"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -140,10 +136,10 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 dependencies = [
  "bzip2",
  "flate2",
- "rand 0.8.4",
+ "rand",
  "strsim",
  "tar",
- "tempdir",
+ "tempfile",
  "walkdir",
  "xz2",
  "zip",
@@ -179,19 +175,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.4.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "552840b97013b1a26992c11eac34bdd778e464601a4c2054b5f0bff7c6761293"
-dependencies = [
- "fuchsia-cprng",
- "libc",
- "rand_core 0.3.1",
- "rdrand",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -200,7 +183,8 @@ checksum = "2e7573632e6454cf6b99d7aac4ccca54be06da05aca2ef7423d22d27d4d4bcd8"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core 0.6.3",
+ "rand_core",
+ "rand_hc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -210,24 +194,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.6.3",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a6fdeb83b075e8266dcc8762c22776f6877a63111121f5f8c7411e5be7eed4b"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.4.2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c33a3c44ca05fa6f1807d8e6743f3824e8509beca625669633be0acbdf509dc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.3"
@@ -238,12 +207,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "rdrand"
-version = "0.4.0"
+name = "rand_hc"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "678054eb77286b51581ba43620cc911abf02758c91f93f479767aed0f90458b2"
+checksum = "d51e9f596de227fda2ea6c84607f5558e196eeaf43c986b724ba4fb8fdf497e7"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.3.1",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -302,13 +271,17 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tempdir"
-version = "0.3.7"
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "15f2b5fb00ccdf689e0149d1b1b3c03fead81c2b37735d812fa8bddbbf41b6d8"
+checksum = "dac1c663cfc93810f88aed9b8941d48cabf856a1b111c29a40439018d870eb22"
 dependencies = [
- "rand 0.4.6",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "rand",
+ "redox_syscall",
  "remove_dir_all",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2eaa1f1..6e64f08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ xz2     = "0.1.6"
 zip     = "0.5.11"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tempdir = "0.3.7"
+tempfile = "3.2.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.3", default-features = false, features = ["small_rng", "std"] }
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs b/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
index d08ad56..d8683dc 100644
--- a/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
+++ b/tests/compress_and_decompress.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use std::{
 
 use ouch::{cli::Command, commands::run, oof};
 use rand::{rngs::SmallRng, RngCore, SeedableRng};
-use tempdir::TempDir;
 
 #[test]
 /// Tests each format that supports multiple files with random input.
@@ -39,10 +38,13 @@ fn test_compression_and_decompression(format: &str) -> bool {
     // System temporary directory depends on the platform
     // For linux it is /tmp
     let system_tmp = env::temp_dir();
+
     // Create a folder that will be deleted on drop
-    let testing_dir = String::from("ouch-testing-") + format;
-    let testing_dir = TempDir::new_in(system_tmp, &testing_dir).expect("Could not create tempdir");
-    let testing_dir = testing_dir.path();
+    let testing_dir = tempfile::Builder::new()
+        .prefix("ouch-testing")
+        .tempdir_in(system_tmp)
+        .expect("Could not create testing_dir");
+    let testing_dir_path = testing_dir.path();
 
     // Quantity of compressed files vary from 1 to 10
     let quantity_of_files = rng.next_u32() % 10 + 1;
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ fn test_compression_and_decompression(format: &str) -> bool {
     let contents_of_files: Vec<FileContent> =
         (0..quantity_of_files).map(|_| generate_random_file_content(&mut rng)).collect();
 
-    let mut file_paths = create_files(&testing_dir, &contents_of_files);
-    let compressed_archive_path = compress_files(&testing_dir, &file_paths, &format);
+    let mut file_paths = create_files(&testing_dir_path, &contents_of_files);
+    let compressed_archive_path = compress_files(&testing_dir_path, &file_paths, &format);
     let mut extracted_paths = extract_files(&compressed_archive_path);
 
     // // If you want to visualize the compressed and extracted files in the temporary directory