diff --git a/cps/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/workflow/cps/CpsThreadGroup.java b/cps/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/workflow/cps/CpsThreadGroup.java
index 76de4f95d..65e441410 100644
--- a/cps/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/workflow/cps/CpsThreadGroup.java
+++ b/cps/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/workflow/cps/CpsThreadGroup.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NavigableMap;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import static java.util.logging.Level.*;
+import org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.IgnoreJRERequirement;
 import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.*;
 import static org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.persistence.PersistenceContext.*;
 
@@ -345,9 +348,14 @@ public void saveProgram(File f) throws IOException {
             } finally {
                 w.close();
             }
-            Util.deleteFile(f);
-            if (!tmpFile.renameTo(f)) {
-                throw new IOException("rename " + tmpFile + " to " + f + " failed");
+            try {
+                Class.forName("java.nio.file.Files");
+                rename(tmpFile, f);
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException x) { // Java 6
+                Util.deleteFile(f);
+                if (!tmpFile.renameTo(f)) {
+                    throw new IOException("rename " + tmpFile + " to " + f + " failed");
+                }
             }
             LOGGER.log(FINE, "program state saved");
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
@@ -363,6 +371,10 @@ public void saveProgram(File f) throws IOException {
             Util.deleteFile(tmpFile);
         }
     }
+    @IgnoreJRERequirement
+    private static void rename(File from, File to) throws IOException {
+        Files.move(from.toPath(), to.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Propagates the failure to the workflow by passing an exception
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b62b5c0d..db78bcbb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,6 +137,25 @@
                     <target>1.6</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.13</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <id>check</id>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <signature>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>java16</artifactId>
+                    </signature>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <!-- why is this necessary!? -->
                 <!-- fix attempted at https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/101507f49873de0239ccb7839649ea71187712b2 but apparently failed. -->