diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24569856..41a6c4a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "needle": "2.9.1",
     "p-map": "4.0.0",
     "parse-link-header": "2.0.0",
+    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "simple-git": "3.16.0",
     "sleep-promise": "8.0.1",
     "snyk-request-manager": "1.8.0",
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
     "@types/needle": "2.0.4",
     "@types/node": "14.14.45",
     "@types/parse-link-header": "1.0.0",
+    "@types/rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "@types/split": "1.0.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "4.28.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "4.28.1",
diff --git a/src/lib/delete-directory.ts b/src/lib/delete-directory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18d2def6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/delete-directory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import * as rmrf from 'rimraf';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+export async function deleteDirectory(dir: string): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    fs.rmdirSync(dir, { recursive: true, maxRetries: 3 });
+  } catch (e) {
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) =>
+      rmrf(dir, (err) => (err ? reject(err) : resolve())),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/git-clone.ts b/src/lib/git-clone.ts
index b690ad11..2f2bef7d 100644
--- a/src/lib/git-clone.ts
+++ b/src/lib/git-clone.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { simpleGit } from 'simple-git';
 import * as github from '../lib/source-handlers/github';
 import type { RepoMetaData } from './types';
 import { SupportedIntegrationTypesUpdateProject } from './types';
+import { deleteDirectory } from './delete-directory';
 
 const debug = debugLib('snyk:git-clone');
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export async function gitClone(
   } catch (err: any) {
     debug(`Could not shallow clone the repo:\n ${err}`);
     if (fs.existsSync(repoClonePath)) {
-      fs.rmdirSync(repoClonePath, { recursive: true, maxRetries: 3 });
+      await deleteDirectory(repoClonePath);
     }
     return {
       success: false,
diff --git a/src/scripts/sync/clone-and-analyze.ts b/src/scripts/sync/clone-and-analyze.ts
index 9cb0ffd2..264838d3 100644
--- a/src/scripts/sync/clone-and-analyze.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/sync/clone-and-analyze.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as debugLib from 'debug';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { defaultExclusionGlobs } from '../../common';
 
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   SyncTargetsConfig,
 } from '../../lib/types';
 import { generateProjectDiffActions } from './generate-projects-diff-actions';
+import { deleteDirectory } from '../../lib/delete-directory';
 
 const debug = debugLib('snyk:clone-and-analyze');
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function cloneAndAnalyze(
   );
 
   try {
-    fs.rmdirSync(repoPath, { recursive: true, maxRetries: 3 });
+    await deleteDirectory(repoPath);
   } catch (error) {
     debug(`Failed to delete ${repoPath}. Error was ${error}.`);
   }
diff --git a/test/lib/delete-directory.test.ts b/test/lib/delete-directory.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfb4e3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/delete-directory.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import { deleteDirectory } from '../../src/lib/delete-directory';
+
+test('directory is deleted with contents', async () => {
+  const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'deletion-test-'));
+  await fs.writeFile(path.join(dir, 'root.txt'), '');
+
+  await deleteDirectory(dir);
+
+  console.log(dir);
+
+  await expect(fs.stat(dir)).rejects.toThrowError('no such file or directory');
+});