diff --git a/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/downloading.py b/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/downloading.py
index 7caf7138d579..7831b63fa5e6 100644
--- a/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/downloading.py
+++ b/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/downloading.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import os
 import os.path as osp
 from contextlib import closing
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from cvat_sdk.api_client.api_client import Endpoint
 from cvat_sdk.core.progress import ProgressReporter
+from cvat_sdk.core.utils import atomic_writer
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from cvat_sdk.core.client import Client
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ def download_file(
 
         assert not osp.exists(output_path)
 
-        tmp_path = output_path + ".tmp"
-        if osp.exists(tmp_path):
-            raise FileExistsError(f"Can't write temporary file '{tmp_path}' - file exists")
-
         response = self._client.api_client.rest_client.GET(
             url,
             _request_timeout=timeout,
@@ -57,25 +53,19 @@ def download_file(
             except ValueError:
                 file_size = None
 
-            try:
-                with open(tmp_path, "wb") as fd:
-                    if pbar is not None:
-                        pbar.start(file_size, desc="Downloading")
+            with atomic_writer(output_path, "wb") as fd:
+                if pbar is not None:
+                    pbar.start(file_size, desc="Downloading")
 
-                    while True:
-                        chunk = response.read(amt=CHUNK_SIZE, decode_content=False)
-                        if not chunk:
-                            break
+                while True:
+                    chunk = response.read(amt=CHUNK_SIZE, decode_content=False)
+                    if not chunk:
+                        break
 
-                        if pbar is not None:
-                            pbar.advance(len(chunk))
-
-                        fd.write(chunk)
+                    if pbar is not None:
+                        pbar.advance(len(chunk))
 
-                os.rename(tmp_path, output_path)
-            except:
-                os.unlink(tmp_path)
-                raise
+                    fd.write(chunk)
 
     def prepare_and_download_file_from_endpoint(
         self,
diff --git a/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/utils.py b/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/utils.py
index 407b6d3e79c4..e7c28e90e9f9 100644
--- a/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/utils.py
+++ b/cvat-sdk/cvat_sdk/core/utils.py
@@ -4,10 +4,79 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, Sequence
+import contextlib
+import itertools
+import os
+from typing import (
+    IO,
+    Any,
+    BinaryIO,
+    ContextManager,
+    Dict,
+    Iterator,
+    Sequence,
+    TextIO,
+    Union,
+    overload,
+)
+
+from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 
 def filter_dict(
     d: Dict[str, Any], *, keep: Sequence[str] = None, drop: Sequence[str] = None
 ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     return {k: v for k, v in d.items() if (not keep or k in keep) and (not drop or k not in drop)}
+
+
+@overload
+def atomic_writer(path: Union[os.PathLike, str], mode: Literal["wb"]) -> ContextManager[BinaryIO]:
+    ...
+
+
+@overload
+def atomic_writer(
+    path: Union[os.PathLike, str], mode: Literal["w"], encoding: str = "UTF-8"
+) -> ContextManager[TextIO]:
+    ...
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def atomic_writer(
+    path: Union[os.PathLike, str], mode: Literal["w", "wb"], encoding: str = "UTF-8"
+) -> Iterator[IO]:
+    """
+    Returns a context manager that, when entered, returns a handle to a temporary
+    file opened with the specified `mode` and `encoding`. If the context manager
+    is exited via an exception, the temporary file is deleted. If the context manager
+    is exited normally, the file is renamed to `path`.
+
+    In other words, this function works like `open()`, but the file does not appear
+    at the specified path until and unless the context manager is exited
+    normally.
+    """
+
+    path_str = os.fspath(path)
+
+    for counter in itertools.count():
+        tmp_path = f"{path_str}.tmp{counter}"
+
+        try:
+            if mode == "w":
+                tmp_file = open(tmp_path, "xt", encoding=encoding)
+            elif mode == "wb":
+                tmp_file = open(tmp_path, "xb")
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Unsupported mode: {mode!r}")
+
+            break
+        except FileExistsError:
+            pass  # try next counter value
+
+    try:
+        with tmp_file:
+            yield tmp_file
+        os.rename(tmp_path, path)
+    except:
+        os.unlink(tmp_path)
+        raise