diff --git a/distribution/tools/launchers/build.gradle b/distribution/tools/launchers/build.gradle
index aee205a24dea3..aa03e5f656522 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/launchers/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/tools/launchers/build.gradle
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
   compileOnly project(':distribution:tools:java-version-checker')
   testImplementation "com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting:randomizedtesting-runner:${versions.randomizedrunner}"
   testImplementation "junit:junit:${versions.junit}"
+  testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:${versions.mockito}"
   testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest:${versions.hamcrest}"
 }
 
diff --git a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/Launchers.java b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/Launchers.java
index 815615cd936b9..ff86f1e25b889 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/Launchers.java
+++ b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/Launchers.java
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static void exit(final int status) {
     }
 
     @SuppressForbidden(reason = "Files#createTempDirectory(String, FileAttribute...)")
-    static Path createTempDirectory(final String prefix, final FileAttribute<?>... attrs) throws IOException {
-        return Files.createTempDirectory(prefix, attrs);
+    static Path createTempDirectory(final Path rootDir, final String prefix, final FileAttribute<?>... attrs) throws IOException {
+        return Files.createTempDirectory(rootDir, prefix, attrs);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/TempDirectory.java b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/TempDirectory.java
index b282e27bc0340..1728ada007fc0 100644
--- a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/TempDirectory.java
+++ b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/main/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/TempDirectory.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException {
             path = Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"), "opensearch");
             Files.createDirectories(path);
         } else {
-            path = Launchers.createTempDirectory("opensearch-");
+            path = Launchers.createTempDirectory(Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")), "opensearch-");
         }
         Launchers.outPrintln(path.toString());
     }
diff --git a/distribution/tools/launchers/src/test/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/TempDirectoryTests.java b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/test/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/TempDirectoryTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c6d482e391c05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribution/tools/launchers/src/test/java/org/opensearch/tools/launchers/TempDirectoryTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package org.opensearch.tools.launchers;
+
+import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedTest;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+public class TempDirectoryTests extends LaunchersTestCase {
+
+    @Rule
+    public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+    private Path createdTempDir;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws IOException{
+        System.setProperty("java.io.tmpdir", tempFolder.newFolder().toString());
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() throws IOException {
+        if (createdTempDir != null && Files.exists(createdTempDir)) {
+            Files.delete(createdTempDir);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMainWithArguments() {
+        String[] args = {RandomizedTest.randomAsciiLettersOfLengthBetween(1, 10)};
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> TempDirectory.main(args));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMainOnWindows() throws IOException {
+        System.setProperty("os.name", "Windows " + RandomizedTest.randomIntBetween(7, 10));
+        Launchers mockLaunchers = mock(Launchers.class);
+        doNothing().when(mockLaunchers).outPrintln(any(String.class));
+
+        TempDirectory.main(new String[]{});
+
+        createdTempDir = Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"), "opensearch");
+        verify(mockLaunchers, times(1)).outPrintln(createdTempDir.toString());
+        assert Files.exists(createdTempDir);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMainOnNonWindows() throws IOException {
+        String [] osNames = {"Linux", "Mac OS X", "Unix"};
+        String osName = RandomizedTest.randomFrom(osNames);
+        System.setProperty("os.name", osName);
+        Launchers mockLaunchers = mock(Launchers.class);
+        doNothing().when(mockLaunchers).outPrintln(any(String.class));
+        when(mockLaunchers.createTempDirectory(any(Path.class), any(String.class))).thenReturn(tempFolder.newFolder().toPath().resolve("opensearch-" + RandomizedTest.randomAsciiLettersOfLength(3)));
+
+        TempDirectory.main(new String[]{});
+
+        createdTempDir = tempFolder.newFolder().toPath().resolve("opensearch-" + RandomizedTest.randomAsciiLettersOfLength(3));
+        verify(mockLaunchers, times(1)).outPrintln(createdTempDir.toString());
+        assert Files.exists(createdTempDir);
+    }
+}