diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fbd85bba..11fa5aaa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-local
 
+go 1.14
+
 require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk v1.12.0
diff --git a/local/provider_test.go b/local/provider_test.go
index cc7e0f38..e86e623c 100644
--- a/local/provider_test.go
+++ b/local/provider_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package local
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/acctest"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/terraform"
 )
@@ -16,3 +18,8 @@ func TestProvider(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	acctest.UseBinaryDriver("local", Provider)
+	resource.TestMain(m)
+}
diff --git a/local/resource_local_file_test.go b/local/resource_local_file_test.go
index 43fba769..2ebe539b 100644
--- a/local/resource_local_file_test.go
+++ b/local/resource_local_file_test.go
@@ -5,52 +5,57 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/acctest"
 	r "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/terraform"
-	"path"
-	"runtime"
 )
 
 func TestLocalFile_Basic(t *testing.T) {
+	td := testTempDir(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(td)
+
+	f := filepath.Join(td, "local_file")
+
 	var cases = []struct {
 		path    string
 		content string
 		config  string
 	}{
 		{
-			"local_file",
-			"This is some content", `
+			f,
+			"This is some content", fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "local_file" "file" {
   content  = "This is some content"
-  filename = "local_file"
-}`,
+  filename = "%s"
+}`, f),
 		},
 		{
-			"local_file",
-			"This is some sensitive content", `
+			f,
+			"This is some sensitive content", fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "local_file" "file" {
   sensitive_content = "This is some sensitive content"
-  filename          = "local_file"
-}`,
+  filename = "%s"
+}`, f),
 		},
 		{
-			"local_file",
-			"This is some sensitive content", `
+			f,
+			"This is some sensitive content", fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "local_file" "file" {
   content_base64 = "VGhpcyBpcyBzb21lIHNlbnNpdGl2ZSBjb250ZW50"
-  filename       = "local_file"
-}`,
+  filename = "%s"
+}`, f),
 		},
 		{
-			"local_file",
-			"This is some sensitive content", `
+			f,
+			"This is some sensitive content", fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "local_file" "file" {
   content_base64 = base64encode("This is some sensitive content")
-  filename       = "local_file"
-}`,
+  filename = "%s"
+}`, f),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -85,10 +90,10 @@ resource "local_file" "file" {
 }
 
 func TestLocalFile_Permissions(t *testing.T) {
+	td := testTempDir(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(td)
 
-	randomPath := acctest.RandomWithPrefix("test-file-perms")
-
-	destinationDirPath := "../test/" + randomPath
+	destinationDirPath := td
 	destinationFilePath := destinationDirPath + "/local_file"
 	filePermission := os.FileMode(0600)
 	directoryPermission := os.FileMode(0700)
@@ -154,3 +159,11 @@ resource "local_file" "file" {
 	defer os.Remove(destinationDirPath)
 
 }
+
+func testTempDir(t *testing.T) string {
+	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tf")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return tmp
+}