diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineControl.java b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineControl.java
index 34440809..de60ed1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineControl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineControl.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ private Executor createEngineExecutor() {
   }
 
   private PumpStreamHandler createEngineLogStreamForwarder(Consumer<String> logLineHandler)
-          throws FileNotFoundException {
+          throws IOException {
     OutputStream output = getEngineLogTarget();
     OutputStream engineLogStream = new LineOrientedOutputStreamRedirector(output) {
       @Override
@@ -163,15 +162,17 @@ public void stop() throws IOException {
     return streamHandler;
   }
 
-  private OutputStream getEngineLogTarget() throws FileNotFoundException {
+  private OutputStream getEngineLogTarget() throws IOException {
     if (context.engineLogFile == null) {
       context.log.info("Do not forward engine output to a persistent location");
       return new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     }
 
-    context.properties.setMavenProperty(Property.TEST_ENGINE_LOG, context.engineLogFile.getAbsolutePath());
-    context.log.info("Forwarding engine logs to: " + context.engineLogFile.getAbsolutePath());
-    return new FileOutputStream(context.engineLogFile.getAbsolutePath());
+    var logFile = context.engineLogFile;
+    var logFilePath = logFile.toAbsolutePath().toString();
+    context.properties.setMavenProperty(Property.TEST_ENGINE_LOG, logFilePath);
+    context.log.info("Forwarding engine logs to: " + logFilePath);
+    return Files.newOutputStream(logFile);
   }
 
   private String getJavaExec() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineMojoContext.java b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineMojoContext.java
index 770d72bd..37a64946 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineMojoContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineMojoContext.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package ch.ivyteam.ivy.maven.engine;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
@@ -32,10 +33,10 @@ public class EngineMojoContext {
   public final EngineVmOptions vmOptions;
   public final String engineClasspathJarPath;
   public final MavenProperties properties;
-  public final File engineLogFile;
+  public final Path engineLogFile;
   public final Integer timeoutInSeconds;
 
-  public EngineMojoContext(File engineDirectory, MavenProject project, Log log, File engineLogFile,
+  public EngineMojoContext(File engineDirectory, MavenProject project, Log log, Path engineLogFile,
           EngineVmOptions vmOptions, Integer timeoutInSeconds) {
     this.engineDirectory = engineDirectory;
     this.project = project;
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/test/StartTestEngineMojo.java b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/test/StartTestEngineMojo.java
index d375f286..f8e6d376 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/test/StartTestEngineMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/test/StartTestEngineMojo.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class StartTestEngineMojo extends AbstractIntegrationTestMojo {
 
   /** The file where the engine start is logged **/
   @Parameter(property = "ivy.engine.start.log", required = false, defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/testEngineOut.log")
-  File engineLogFile;
+  Path engineLogFile;
 
   /** The maximum amount of seconds that we wait for a engine to start */
   @Parameter(property = IVY_ENGINE_START_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, defaultValue = "120")