diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/package.json b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
index 02c3599ab4e8..2ada179ed65d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
     "@types/graceful-fs": "^4.1.3",
     "@types/stack-utils": "^2.0.0",
     "execa": "^5.0.0",
-    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9"
+    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9",
+    "tempy": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^14.15.0 || ^16.10.0 || >=18.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/__mocks__/testUtils.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/__mocks__/testUtils.ts
index 358c0bf8b685..fe903ffb3db6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/__mocks__/testUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/__mocks__/testUtils.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import {createHash} from 'crypto';
-import {tmpdir} from 'os';
-import * as path from 'path';
-import {ExecaSyncReturnValue, sync as spawnSync} from 'execa';
+import {sync as spawnSync} from 'execa';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
+import tempy = require('tempy');
 
 const CIRCUS_PATH = require.resolve('../').replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
 const CIRCUS_RUN_PATH = require.resolve('../run').replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
@@ -21,20 +19,11 @@ const BABEL_REGISTER_PATH = require
   .resolve('@babel/register')
   .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
 
-interface Result extends ExecaSyncReturnValue {
-  status: number;
-  error: string;
-}
-
 export const runTest = (
   source: string,
   opts?: {seed?: number; randomize?: boolean},
 ) => {
-  const filename = createHash('sha1')
-    .update(source)
-    .digest('hex')
-    .substring(0, 32);
-  const tmpFilename = path.join(tmpdir(), filename);
+  const tmpFilename = tempy.file();
 
   const content = `
     require('${BABEL_REGISTER_PATH}')({extensions: [".js", ".ts"]});
@@ -62,25 +51,18 @@ export const runTest = (
   fs.writeFileSync(tmpFilename, content);
   const result = spawnSync('node', [tmpFilename], {
     cwd: process.cwd(),
-  }) as Result;
-
-  // For compat with cross-spawn
-  result.status = result.exitCode;
+  });
 
-  if (result.status !== 0) {
+  if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
     const message = `
       STDOUT: ${result.stdout && result.stdout.toString()}
       STDERR: ${result.stderr && result.stderr.toString()}
-      STATUS: ${result.status}
-      ERROR: ${String(result.error)}
+      STATUS: ${result.exitCode}
     `;
     throw new Error(message);
   }
 
-  result.stdout = String(result.stdout);
-  result.stderr = String(result.stderr);
-
-  fs.unlinkSync(tmpFilename);
+  fs.rmSync(tmpFilename, {force: true});
 
   if (result.stderr) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ad64f226706d..0c08ce49ae00 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12486,6 +12486,7 @@ __metadata:
     pure-rand: ^6.0.0
     slash: ^3.0.0
     stack-utils: ^2.0.3
+    tempy: ^1.0.0
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft