diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b774561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+
+from itertools import takewhile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+pytest_version = tuple(
+    int(x) for x in takewhile(str.isdigit, pytest.__version__.split('.'))
+)
+
+if pytest_version < (3, 9):
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def tmp_path(tmpdir):
+        """
+        Compatibility fixture for temporary directory allocation.
+
+        This can be removed when we drop support for platforms with Pytest
+        versions older than 3.9 (namely Enterprise Linux 8).
+        """
+        return Path(tmpdir)
diff --git a/test/spell_check.words b/test/spell_check.words
index f2860c8..52cfada 100644
--- a/test/spell_check.words
+++ b/test/spell_check.words
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ contextlib
 distclass
 foobar
 hashable
+isdigit
 iterdir
+itertools
 linter
+linux
 lstrip
 noqa
 pathlib
@@ -20,5 +23,6 @@ runpy
 scspell
 setuptools
 stacklevel
-tempfile
+takewhile
 thomas
+tmpdir
diff --git a/test/test_package_identification_python_setup_py.py b/test/test_package_identification_python_setup_py.py
index 0ecfbf3..1a87dcc 100644
--- a/test/test_package_identification_python_setup_py.py
+++ b/test/test_package_identification_python_setup_py.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
 
 from pathlib import Path
-from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 from colcon_core.package_descriptor import PackageDescriptor
 from colcon_python_setup_py.package_augmentation.python_setup_py \
@@ -15,82 +14,82 @@
 import pytest
 
 
-def test_identify():
+def test_identify(tmp_path):
     extension = PythonPackageIdentification()
     augmentation_extension = PythonPackageAugmentation()
 
-    with TemporaryDirectory(prefix='test_colcon_') as basepath:
-        desc = PackageDescriptor(basepath)
-        desc.type = 'other'
-        assert extension.identify(desc) is None
-        assert desc.name is None
+    basepath = tmp_path
+    desc = PackageDescriptor(basepath)
+    desc.type = 'other'
+    assert extension.identify(desc) is None
+    assert desc.name is None
 
-        desc.type = None
-        _setup_information_cache.clear()
-        assert extension.identify(desc) is None
-        assert desc.name is None
-        assert desc.type is None
+    desc.type = None
+    _setup_information_cache.clear()
+    assert extension.identify(desc) is None
+    assert desc.name is None
+    assert desc.type is None
 
-        basepath = Path(basepath)
-        (basepath / 'setup.py').write_text(
-            'from setuptools import setup\n\n'
-            'setup(\n'
-            "  name='pkg-name',\n"
-            ')\n')
-        _setup_information_cache.clear()
-        assert extension.identify(desc) is None
-        assert desc.name == 'pkg-name'
-        assert desc.type == 'python'
-        assert not desc.dependencies
-        assert not desc.metadata
+    basepath = Path(basepath)
+    (basepath / 'setup.py').write_text(
+        'from setuptools import setup\n\n'
+        'setup(\n'
+        "  name='pkg-name',\n"
+        ')\n')
+    _setup_information_cache.clear()
+    assert extension.identify(desc) is None
+    assert desc.name == 'pkg-name'
+    assert desc.type == 'python'
+    assert not desc.dependencies
+    assert not desc.metadata
 
-        augmentation_extension.augment_package(desc)
-        assert set(desc.dependencies.keys()) == {'build', 'run', 'test'}
-        assert not desc.dependencies['build']
-        assert not desc.dependencies['run']
-        assert not desc.dependencies['test']
+    augmentation_extension.augment_package(desc)
+    assert set(desc.dependencies.keys()) == {'build', 'run', 'test'}
+    assert not desc.dependencies['build']
+    assert not desc.dependencies['run']
+    assert not desc.dependencies['test']
 
-        desc = PackageDescriptor(basepath)
-        desc.name = 'other-name'
-        _setup_information_cache.clear()
-        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as e:
-            extension.identify(desc)
-        assert str(e.value).endswith(
-            'Package name already set to different value')
+    desc = PackageDescriptor(basepath)
+    desc.name = 'other-name'
+    _setup_information_cache.clear()
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as e:
+        extension.identify(desc)
+    assert str(e.value).endswith(
+        'Package name already set to different value')
 
-        (basepath / 'setup.py').write_text(
-            'from setuptools import setup\n\n'
-            'setup(\n'
-            "  name='other-name',\n"
-            "  maintainer='Foo Bar',\n"
-            "  maintainer_email='foobar@example.com',\n"
-            '  setup_requires=[\n'
-            "    'setuptools; sys_platform != \"win32\"',\n"
-            "    'colcon-core; sys_platform == \"win32\"',\n"
-            '  ],\n'
-            '  install_requires=[\n'
-            "    'runA > 1.2.3',\n"
-            "    'runB',\n"
-            '  ],\n'
-            '  zip_safe=False,\n'
-            '  extras_require={\n'
-            "    'test': ['test2 == 3.0.0'],\n"
-            "    'tests': ['test3'],\n"
-            "    'testing': ['test4'],\n"
-            "    'other': ['not-test'],\n"
-            '  },\n'
-            ')\n')
-        _setup_information_cache.clear()
-        assert extension.identify(desc) is None
-        assert desc.name == 'other-name'
-        assert desc.type == 'python'
-        assert not desc.dependencies
-        assert not desc.metadata
+    (basepath / 'setup.py').write_text(
+        'from setuptools import setup\n\n'
+        'setup(\n'
+        "  name='other-name',\n"
+        "  maintainer='Foo Bar',\n"
+        "  maintainer_email='foobar@example.com',\n"
+        '  setup_requires=[\n'
+        "    'setuptools; sys_platform != \"win32\"',\n"
+        "    'colcon-core; sys_platform == \"win32\"',\n"
+        '  ],\n'
+        '  install_requires=[\n'
+        "    'runA > 1.2.3',\n"
+        "    'runB',\n"
+        '  ],\n'
+        '  zip_safe=False,\n'
+        '  extras_require={\n'
+        "    'test': ['test2 == 3.0.0'],\n"
+        "    'tests': ['test3'],\n"
+        "    'testing': ['test4'],\n"
+        "    'other': ['not-test'],\n"
+        '  },\n'
+        ')\n')
+    _setup_information_cache.clear()
+    assert extension.identify(desc) is None
+    assert desc.name == 'other-name'
+    assert desc.type == 'python'
+    assert not desc.dependencies
+    assert not desc.metadata
 
-        augmentation_extension.augment_package(desc)
-        assert set(desc.dependencies.keys()) == {'build', 'run', 'test'}
-        assert desc.dependencies['build'] == {'setuptools', 'colcon-core'}
-        assert desc.dependencies['run'] == {'runA', 'runB'}
-        dep = next(x for x in desc.dependencies['run'] if x == 'runA')
-        assert dep.metadata['version_gt'] == '1.2.3'
-        assert desc.dependencies['test'] == {'test2', 'test3', 'test4'}
+    augmentation_extension.augment_package(desc)
+    assert set(desc.dependencies.keys()) == {'build', 'run', 'test'}
+    assert desc.dependencies['build'] == {'setuptools', 'colcon-core'}
+    assert desc.dependencies['run'] == {'runA', 'runB'}
+    dep = next(x for x in desc.dependencies['run'] if x == 'runA')
+    assert dep.metadata['version_gt'] == '1.2.3'
+    assert desc.dependencies['test'] == {'test2', 'test3', 'test4'}