diff --git a/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/EnvironmentGenerator.java b/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/EnvironmentGenerator.java
index 46eb4c0b..3a531d43 100644
--- a/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/EnvironmentGenerator.java
+++ b/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/EnvironmentGenerator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -383,7 +384,12 @@ private Collection<GeneratedFileContext> generateFile(RoleFile roleFile, String
 
     File file = new File(nodeDir, dir != null ? FilenameUtils.concat(dir, generatedFileName) : generatedFileName);
     if (file.exists()) {
-      file.delete();
+      try {
+        Files.delete(file.toPath());
+      }
+      catch (IOException ex) {
+        throw new GeneratorException("Unable to delete: " + FileUtil.getCanonicalPath(file), ex);
+      }
     }
 
     FileGenerator fileGenerator = new FileGenerator(options, environmentName,
diff --git a/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/fileheader/AbstractFileHeader.java b/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/fileheader/AbstractFileHeader.java
index 81bcaf8c..0434b48d 100644
--- a/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/fileheader/AbstractFileHeader.java
+++ b/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/fileheader/AbstractFileHeader.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package io.wcm.devops.conga.generator.plugins.fileheader;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public final Void apply(FileContext file, FileHeaderContext context) {
           + StringUtils.defaultString(getBlockSuffix())
           + StringUtils.substring(content, insertPosition);
 
-      file.getFile().delete();
+      Files.delete(file.getFile().toPath());
       FileUtils.write(file.getFile(), content, file.getCharset());
     }
     catch (IOException ex) {
diff --git a/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/urlfile/FilesystemUrlFilePlugin.java b/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/urlfile/FilesystemUrlFilePlugin.java
index 9a3746fc..40b9bac8 100644
--- a/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/urlfile/FilesystemUrlFilePlugin.java
+++ b/generator/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/generator/plugins/urlfile/FilesystemUrlFilePlugin.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ public void deleteFile(String url, UrlFilePluginContext context) throws IOExcept
     if (!file.exists()) {
       throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + FileUtil.getCanonicalPath(file));
     }
-    file.delete();
+    Files.delete(file.toPath());
   }
 
   private static File getFileInternal(String url, UrlFilePluginContext context) {
diff --git a/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/AbstractCongaMojo.java b/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/AbstractCongaMojo.java
index d8662854..94c804e0 100644
--- a/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/AbstractCongaMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/AbstractCongaMojo.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ private void copyDefinitions(ResourceCollection sourceDir, File rootOutputDir, F
       getLog().info("Include " + getPathForLog(rootOutputDir, targetFile));
 
       if (targetFile.exists()) {
-        targetFile.delete();
+        Files.delete(targetFile.toPath());
       }
       try (InputStream is = file.getInputStream()) {
         byte[] data = IOUtils.toByteArray(is);
diff --git a/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/GenerateVersionInfoMojo.java b/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/GenerateVersionInfoMojo.java
index f30e47dd..fe5a8c26 100644
--- a/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/GenerateVersionInfoMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/conga-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/wcm/devops/conga/tooling/maven/plugin/GenerateVersionInfoMojo.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
@@ -64,7 +65,12 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
 
     File propsFile = new File(outputDir, BuildConstants.FILE_VERSION_INFO);
     if (propsFile.exists()) {
-      propsFile.delete();
+      try {
+        Files.delete(propsFile.toPath());
+      }
+      catch (IOException ex) {
+        throw new MojoExecutionException("Unable to delete file: " + FileUtil.getCanonicalPath(propsFile), ex);
+      }
     }
     Properties versionInfo = VersionInfoUtil.getVersionInfoProperties(project);
     try (OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(propsFile)) {