diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
index 63adfad09a..cd1a17ab5f 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.test.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
-/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import path from 'path';
 import {
   getVoidLogger,
   PluginEndpointDiscovery,
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ConfigReader } from '@backstage/config';
+import mockFs from 'mock-fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
 import { LocalPublish } from './local';
 
 const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}) => {
@@ -39,8 +37,17 @@ const createMockEntity = (annotations = {}) => {
 
 const logger = getVoidLogger();
 
+const tmpDir =
+  os.platform() === 'win32' ? 'C:\\tmp\\generatedDir' : '/tmp/generatedDir';
+
 describe('local publisher', () => {
   it('should publish generated documentation dir', async () => {
+    mockFs({
+      [tmpDir]: {
+        'index.html': '',
+      },
+    });
+
     const testDiscovery: jest.Mocked<PluginEndpointDiscovery> = {
       getBaseUrl: jest
         .fn()
@@ -52,24 +59,11 @@ describe('local publisher', () => {
 
     const publisher = new LocalPublish(mockConfig, logger, testDiscovery);
     const mockEntity = createMockEntity();
-    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(`${__dirname}/test-component-folder-`);
-    expect(tempDir).toBeTruthy();
 
-    fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(path.join(tempDir, '/index.html'), 'w'));
-    await publisher.publish({ entity: mockEntity, directory: tempDir });
-
-    fs.removeSync(tempDir);
-
-    const resultDir = path.resolve(
-      __dirname,
-      `../../../../../plugins/techdocs-backend/static/docs/default/${mockEntity.kind}/${mockEntity.metadata.name}`,
-    );
-
-    expect(fs.existsSync(resultDir)).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(resultDir, '/index.html'))).toBeTruthy();
+    await publisher.publish({ entity: mockEntity, directory: tmpDir });
 
     expect(await publisher.hasDocsBeenGenerated(mockEntity)).toBe(true);
 
-    fs.removeSync(resultDir);
+    mockFs.restore();
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
index b4b30c1bf1..e349a2119a 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import {
+  PluginEndpointDiscovery,
+  resolvePackagePath,
+} from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import { Entity, EntityName } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import express from 'express';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { Entity, EntityName } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import {
-  resolvePackagePath,
-  PluginEndpointDiscovery,
-} from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import {
   PublisherBase,
   PublishRequest,