diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5dc3e01a4..6a37ad3e7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ serde_ignored = "0.0.4"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 shell-escape = "0.1"
 tar = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
-tempdir = "0.3"
+tempfile = "3.0"
 termcolor = "0.3"
 toml = "0.4"
 url = "1.1"
diff --git a/src/cargo/lib.rs b/src/cargo/lib.rs
index e2857645f..07b2cd408 100644
--- a/src/cargo/lib.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/lib.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern crate serde_ignored;
 extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate shell_escape;
 extern crate tar;
-extern crate tempdir;
+extern crate tempfile;
 extern crate termcolor;
 extern crate toml;
 extern crate url;
diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs
index 09c9d75d0..10449b95e 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
-use tempdir::TempDir;
+use tempfile::Builder as TempFileBuilder;
 use toml;
 
 use core::{Dependency, Package, PackageIdSpec, Source, SourceId};
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ fn install_one(
         None
     } else if let Some(dir) = config.target_dir()? {
         Some(dir)
-    } else if let Ok(td) = TempDir::new("cargo-install") {
+    } else if let Ok(td) = TempFileBuilder::new().prefix("cargo-install").tempdir() {
         let p = td.path().to_owned();
         td_opt = Some(td);
         Some(Filesystem::new(p))
@@ -284,7 +284,9 @@ fn install_one(
     // Copy all binaries to a temporary directory under `dst` first, catching
     // some failure modes (e.g. out of space) before touching the existing
     // binaries. This directory will get cleaned up via RAII.
-    let staging_dir = TempDir::new_in(&dst, "cargo-install")?;
+    let staging_dir = TempFileBuilder::new()
+        .prefix("cargo-install")
+        .tempdir_in(&dst)?;
     for &(bin, src) in binaries.iter() {
         let dst = staging_dir.path().join(bin);
         // Try to move if `target_dir` is transient.
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/build.rs b/tests/testsuite/build.rs
index 143cbdc6d..7cc6b6ffd 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/build.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/build.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use cargotest::support::{basic_bin_manifest, execs, main_file, project};
 use cargotest::support::registry::Package;
 use cargotest::ChannelChanger;
 use hamcrest::{assert_that, existing_dir, existing_file, is_not};
-use tempdir::TempDir;
+use tempfile;
 
 #[test]
 fn cargo_compile_simple() {
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ Caused by:
 
 #[test]
 fn cargo_compile_without_manifest() {
-    let tmpdir = TempDir::new("cargo").unwrap();
+    let tmpdir = tempfile::Builder::new().prefix("cargo").tempdir().unwrap();
     let p = ProjectBuilder::new("foo", tmpdir.path().to_path_buf()).build();
 
     assert_that(
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/init.rs b/tests/testsuite/init.rs
index 2db179f72..667bc6202 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/init.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/init.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::env;
 use cargo::util::ProcessBuilder;
 use cargotest::support::{cargo_exe, execs, paths};
 use hamcrest::{assert_that, existing_dir, existing_file, is_not};
-use tempdir::TempDir;
+use tempfile;
 
 fn cargo_process(s: &str) -> ProcessBuilder {
     let mut p = cargotest::process(&cargo_exe());
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn simple_bin() {
 
 #[test]
 fn both_lib_and_bin() {
-    let td = TempDir::new("cargo").unwrap();
+    let td = tempfile::Builder::new().prefix("cargo").tempdir().unwrap();
     assert_that(
         cargo_process("init")
             .arg("--lib")
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ fn simple_git() {
 
 #[test]
 fn auto_git() {
-    let td = TempDir::new("cargo").unwrap();
+    let td = tempfile::Builder::new().prefix("cargo").tempdir().unwrap();
     let foo = &td.path().join("foo");
     fs::create_dir_all(&foo).unwrap();
     assert_that(
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/main.rs b/tests/testsuite/main.rs
index bd7c32b9a..dcd3d40bf 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/main.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/main.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate tar;
-extern crate tempdir;
+extern crate tempfile;
 extern crate toml;
 extern crate url;
 #[cfg(windows)]
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/new.rs b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
index 64057a058..e5522f72d 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/new.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/new.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use cargo::util::ProcessBuilder;
 use cargotest::process;
 use cargotest::support::{execs, paths};
 use hamcrest::{assert_that, existing_dir, existing_file, is_not};
-use tempdir::TempDir;
+use tempfile;
 
 fn cargo_process(s: &str) -> ProcessBuilder {
     let mut p = cargotest::cargo_process();
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ fn simple_git() {
     // Run inside a temp directory so that cargo will initialize a git repo.
     // If this ran inside paths::root() it would detect that we are already
     // inside a git repo and skip the initialization.
-    let td = TempDir::new("cargo").unwrap();
+    let td = tempfile::Builder::new().prefix("cargo").tempdir().unwrap();
     assert_that(
         cargo_process("new")
             .arg("--lib")