diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectorTest.java b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.java
similarity index 70%
rename from log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectorTest.java
rename to log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.java
index ceb6faacfed..fa5bd315ac9 100644
--- a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectorTest.java
+++ b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.java
@@ -16,24 +16,30 @@
  */
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.test.junit.LoggerContextSource;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.test.junit.CleanUpDirectories;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.test.junit.TempLoggingDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-@CleanUpDirectories(RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectorTest.DIR)
-class RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectorTest {
+@CleanUpDirectories(RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.DIR)
+class RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest {
     public static final String DIR = "target/rolling-random-direct-switch-director";
 
+    @TempLoggingDir
+    private Path loggingPath;
+
     @Test
-    @LoggerContextSource(value = "log4j-rolling-random-direct-switch-director.xml", timeout = 10)
+    @LoggerContextSource(
+            value = "appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.xml",
+            timeout = 10)
     void testAppender(final LoggerContext context) throws Exception {
-        final Logger logger = context.getLogger(RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectorTest.class.getName());
+        final Logger logger = context.getLogger(RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.class.getName());
         final LocalTime start = LocalTime.now();
         LocalTime end;
         do {
@@ -41,8 +47,9 @@ void testAppender(final LoggerContext context) throws Exception {
             logger.info("test log");
             Thread.sleep(100);
         } while (start.getSecond() == end.getSecond());
-
-        final File nextLogFile = new File(String.format("%s/%d/%d.log", DIR, end.getSecond(), end.getSecond()));
-        assertTrue(nextLogFile.exists(), "nextLogFile not created");
+        Path nextLogPath = loggingPath.resolve(String.format("%d/%d.log", end.getSecond(), end.getSecond()));
+        assertThat(nextLogPath)
+                .as("Archived log for second %s", end.getSecond())
+                .exists();
     }
 }
diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.xml b/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73ea080223c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/appender/rolling/RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<Configuration xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+               xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+               xsi:schemaLocation="
+                   https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns
+                   https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-config-2.xsd"
+               name="RollingRandomAppenderDirectWriteAndSwitchDirectoryTest">
+  <Appenders>
+    <RollingRandomAccessFile name="ROLLING"
+                             filePattern="${test:logging.path}/%d{s}/%d{s}.log">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{s.SSS} %m%n"/>
+      <TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy/>
+    </RollingRandomAccessFile>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="DEBUG">
+      <AppenderRef ref="ROLLING"/>
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/log4j-rolling-random-direct-switch-director.xml b/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/log4j-rolling-random-direct-switch-director.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 638b4381678..00000000000
--- a/log4j-core-test/src/test/resources/log4j-rolling-random-direct-switch-director.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-<Configuration status="WARN" name="XMLConfigTest">
-    <Properties>
-        <Property name="LOG_HEADER">start log4j-rolling-random-direct-switch-director test</Property>
-        <Property name="LOG_PATTERN">%d %p %C{1.} [%t] %m%n</Property>
-        <Property name="baseDir">target/rolling-random-direct-switch-director</Property>
-    </Properties>
-    <Appenders>
-        <Console name="STDOUT" target="SYSTEM_OUT" follow="true">
-            <PatternLayout header= "${LOG_HEADER}">
-                <Pattern>${LOG_PATTERN}</Pattern>
-            </PatternLayout>
-        </Console>
-        <RollingRandomAccessFile name="RollingFile"  filePattern="${baseDir}/%d{s}/%d{s}.log">
-            <PatternLayout header= "${LOG_HEADER}">
-                <Pattern>${LOG_PATTERN}</Pattern>
-            </PatternLayout>
-            <Policies>
-                <TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy/>
-            </Policies>
-        </RollingRandomAccessFile>
-    </Appenders>
-
-    <Loggers>
-        <Logger name="org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling" level="debug" additivity="false">
-            <AppenderRef ref="RollingFile"/>
-        </Logger>>
-        <Root level="error">
-            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT" />
-        </Root>
-    </Loggers>
-</Configuration>