diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 590eace3..cd4c8b4c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { castArray, defaultTo } from "lodash-es";
+import os from "os";
+import path from "path";
 import AggregateError from "aggregate-error";
-import { temporaryFile } from "tempy";
 import getPkg from "./lib/get-pkg.js";
 import verifyNpmConfig from "./lib/verify-config.js";
 import verifyNpmAuth from "./lib/verify-auth.js";
@@ -10,7 +11,10 @@ import publishNpm from "./lib/publish.js";
 
 let verified;
 let prepared;
-const npmrc = temporaryFile({ name: ".npmrc" });
+
+const tempDir = os.tmpdir();
+
+const npmrc = path.join(tempDir, ".npmrc");
 
 export async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, context) {
   // If the npm publish plugin is used and has `npmPublish`, `tarballDir` or `pkgRoot` configured, validate them now in order to prevent any release if the configuration is wrong
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 31d0a73c..565e111a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
         "rc": "^1.2.8",
         "read-pkg": "^9.0.0",
         "registry-auth-token": "^5.0.0",
-        "semver": "^7.1.2",
-        "tempy": "^3.0.0"
+        "semver": "^7.1.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "ava": "6.2.0",
@@ -3316,6 +3315,7 @@
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/crypto-random-string/-/crypto-random-string-4.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-x8dy3RnvYdlUcPOjkEHqozhiwzKNSq7GcPuXFbnyMOCHxX8V3OgIg/pYuabl2sbUPfIJaeAQB7PMOK8DFIdoRA==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "type-fest": "^1.0.1"
@@ -3331,6 +3331,7 @@
       "version": "1.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-1.4.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-yGSza74xk0UG8k+pLh5oeoYirvIiWo5t0/o3zHHAO2tRDiZcxWP7fywNlXhqb6/r6sWvwi+RsyQMWhVLe4BVuA==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "(MIT OR CC0-1.0)",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=10"
@@ -13415,6 +13416,7 @@
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/temp-dir/-/temp-dir-3.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-nHc6S/bwIilKHNRgK/3jlhDoIHcp45YgyiwcAk46Tr0LfEqGBVpmiAyuiuxeVE44m3mXnEeVhaipLOEWmH+Njw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=14.16"
@@ -13424,6 +13426,7 @@
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tempy/-/tempy-3.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-7jDLIdD2Zp0bDe5r3D2qtkd1QOCacylBuL7oa4udvN6v2pqr4+LcCr67C8DR1zkpaZ8XosF5m1yQSabKAW6f2g==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "is-stream": "^3.0.0",
@@ -13442,6 +13445,7 @@
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-stream/-/is-stream-3.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-LnQR4bZ9IADDRSkvpqMGvt/tEJWclzklNgSw48V5EAaAeDd6qGvN8ei6k5p0tvxSR171VmGyHuTiAOfxAbr8kA==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
@@ -13454,6 +13458,7 @@
       "version": "2.19.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-2.19.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-RAH822pAdBgcNMAfWnCBU3CFZcfZ/i1eZjwFU/dsLKumyuuP3niueg2UAukXYF0E2AAoc82ZSSf9J0WQBinzHA==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "(MIT OR CC0-1.0)",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12.20"
@@ -13980,6 +13985,7 @@
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unique-string/-/unique-string-3.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-VGXBUVwxKMBUznyffQweQABPRRW1vHZAbadFZud4pLFAqRGvv/96vafgjWFqzourzr8YonlQiPgH0YCJfawoGQ==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "crypto-random-string": "^4.0.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 584c4bbe..221c1497 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
     "rc": "^1.2.8",
     "read-pkg": "^9.0.0",
     "registry-auth-token": "^5.0.0",
-    "semver": "^7.1.2",
-    "tempy": "^3.0.0"
+    "semver": "^7.1.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "ava": "6.2.0",