diff --git a/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DailyLogListenerTest.java b/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DailyLogListenerTest.java
index 2b921fb689..aafdd55fd2 100644
--- a/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DailyLogListenerTest.java
+++ b/jpos/src/test/java/org/jpos/util/DailyLogListenerTest.java
@@ -439,15 +439,14 @@ public void testMaxAgeFeatureWhenThereIsNonLogFiles() throws Exception {
     public void testDeleteOldLogsWithCustomMaxDepth() throws ConfigurationException, IOException, IllegalAccessException {
         Path parent = logRotationTestDirectory.getDirectory().resolve("parent");
         Files.createDirectory(parent);
-        Path child = parent.resolve("child");
-        Files.createFile(child);
+        Path child = Files.createTempFile(parent, "child", ".log");
         assertThat("file should have been created", child.toFile(), is(anExistingFile()));
         Files.setLastModifiedTime(child, FileTime.from(Instant.now().minus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS))); //old enough
         DailyLogListener listener = new DailyLogListener();
         SimpleConfiguration cfg = new SimpleConfiguration();
         cfg.put("prefix", child.toAbsolutePath().toString());
         cfg.put("max-depth-deletion", "2");
-        cfg.put("delete-regex", "^child$");
+        cfg.put("delete-regex", "^child.*\\.log");
         cfg.put("maxage", "1000");
         QFactory.autoconfigure(listener, cfg);
         listener.setConfiguration(cfg);
@@ -459,14 +458,13 @@ public void testDeleteOldLogsWithCustomMaxDepth() throws ConfigurationException,
     public void testDeleteOldLogsWithoutCustomMaxDepth() throws ConfigurationException, IOException, IllegalAccessException {
         Path parent = logRotationTestDirectory.getDirectory().resolve("parent");
         Files.createDirectory(parent);
-        Path child = parent.resolve("child");
-        Files.createFile(child);
+        Path child = Files.createTempFile(parent, "child", ".log");
         assertThat("file should have been created", child.toFile(), is(anExistingFile()));
         Files.setLastModifiedTime(child, FileTime.from(Instant.now().minus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS))); //old enough
         DailyLogListener listener = new DailyLogListener();
         SimpleConfiguration cfg = new SimpleConfiguration();
         cfg.put("prefix", child.toAbsolutePath().toString());
-        cfg.put("delete-regex", "^child$");
+        cfg.put("delete-regex", "^child.*\\.log");
         cfg.put("maxage", "1000");
         QFactory.autoconfigure(listener, cfg);
         listener.setConfiguration(cfg);