diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestChangelogReader.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestChangelogReader.java
index 934926e17740..248bf742fbdd 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestChangelogReader.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/TestChangelogReader.java
@@ -254,6 +254,6 @@ private Object[] toJava(InternalRow row) {
   private DataFile writeDataFile(List<Record> records) throws IOException {
     // records all use IDs that are in bucket id_bucket=0
     return FileHelpers.writeDataFile(
-        table, Files.localOutput(temp.toFile()), TestHelpers.Row.of(0), records);
+        table, Files.localOutput(temp.resolve("junit").toFile()), TestHelpers.Row.of(0), records);
   }
 }