diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/NewTemporaryFileCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/NewTemporaryFileCommand.cs
index 36b7d3f1450..a271f185f85 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/NewTemporaryFileCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/NewTemporaryFileCommand.cs
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ public class NewTemporaryFileCommand : Cmdlet
         protected override void EndProcessing()
         {
             string filePath = null;
-            string tempPath = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TEMP");
+            string tempPath = Path.GetTempPath();
             if (ShouldProcess(tempPath))
             {
                 try
                 {
                     filePath = Path.GetTempFileName();
                 }
-                catch (Exception e)
+                catch (IOException ioException)
                 {
-                    WriteError(
+                    ThrowTerminatingError(
                         new ErrorRecord(
-                            e,
+                            ioException,
                             "NewTemporaryFileWriteError",
                             ErrorCategory.WriteError,
                             tempPath));
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/NewTemporaryFile.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/NewTemporaryFile.Tests.ps1
index 82a57e53126..aa73e1ccfea 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/NewTemporaryFile.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/NewTemporaryFile.Tests.ps1
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@
         A FileInfo object for the temporary file is returned.
 #>
 
-Describe "NewTemporaryFile" -Tags "CI" {
+Describe "New-TemporaryFile" -Tags "CI" {
 
     It "creates a new temporary file" {
         $tempFile = New-TemporaryFile
 
-        Test-Path $tempFile | Should be $true
+        $tempFile | Should Exist
         $tempFile | Should BeOfType System.IO.FileInfo
+        $tempFile | Should BeLikeExactly "$([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath())*"
 
-        if(Test-Path $tempFile)
-        {
+        if (Test-Path $tempFile) {
             Remove-Item $tempFile -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
         }
     }