diff --git a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/MailingTest.php b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/MailingTest.php
index 6434ffbfd1ab..c0b3cb535fa3 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/MailingTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/MailingTest.php
@@ -742,24 +742,25 @@ public function testMailerStats() {
     CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery($sql);
 
     foreach (['bounce', 'unsubscribe', 'opened'] as $type) {
-      $sql = "CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE mail_{$type}_temp
-(event_queue_id int, time_stamp datetime, delivered_id int)
-SELECT event_queue_id, time_stamp, id
- FROM civicrm_mailing_event_delivered
- WHERE id IN ($deliveredIds)
- ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0,20;";
+      $temporaryTable = CRM_Utils_SQL_TempTable::build()->setCategory($type)->createWithColumns('event_queue_id int, time_stamp datetime, delivered_id int');
+      $temporaryTableName = $temporaryTable->getName();
+      $sql = "INSERT INTO {$temporaryTableName} (event_queue_id, time_stamp, delivered_id)
+        SELECT event_queue_id, time_stamp, id
+        FROM civicrm_mailing_event_delivered
+        WHERE id IN ($deliveredIds)
+         ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 0,20;";
       CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery($sql);
 
-      $sql = "DELETE FROM civicrm_mailing_event_delivered WHERE id IN (SELECT delivered_id FROM mail_{$type}_temp);";
+      $sql = "DELETE FROM civicrm_mailing_event_delivered WHERE id IN (SELECT delivered_id FROM {$temporaryTableName});";
       CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery($sql);
 
       if ($type == 'unsubscribe') {
         $sql = "INSERT INTO civicrm_mailing_event_{$type} (event_queue_id, time_stamp, org_unsubscribe)
-SELECT event_queue_id, time_stamp, 1 FROM mail_{$type}_temp";
+SELECT event_queue_id, time_stamp, 1 FROM {$temporaryTableame}";
       }
       else {
         $sql = "INSERT INTO civicrm_mailing_event_{$type} (event_queue_id, time_stamp)
-SELECT event_queue_id, time_stamp FROM mail_{$type}_temp";
+SELECT event_queue_id, time_stamp FROM {$temporaryTableName}";
       }
       CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery($sql);
     }
@@ -777,6 +778,7 @@ public function testMailerStats() {
       'clickthrough_rate' => '0%',
     ];
     $this->checkArrayEquals($expectedResult, $result['values'][$mail['id']]);
+    $temporaryTable->drop();
   }
 
   /**