diff --git a/distributed/utils_test.py b/distributed/utils_test.py
index f14eef1b041..cd0145c82c0 100644
--- a/distributed/utils_test.py
+++ b/distributed/utils_test.py
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ def _(func):
         def test_func(*outer_args, **kwargs):
             async def async_fn():
                 result = None
-                with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                with _SafeTemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
                     config2 = merge({"temporary-directory": tmpdir}, config)
                     with dask.config.set(config2):
                         workers = []