diff --git a/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a790e61d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hypothesis-python/RELEASE.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RELEASE_TYPE: patch
+
+This patch uses a temporary directory in some of the :module:`hypothesis.extra.ghostwriter` tests, rather than a temporary file in the current directory.
+
+Patch by Paul Ganssle.
diff --git a/hypothesis-python/tests/ghostwriter/test_ghostwriter.py b/hypothesis-python/tests/ghostwriter/test_ghostwriter.py
index f63f881bf3..32b8a2a377 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/tests/ghostwriter/test_ghostwriter.py
+++ b/hypothesis-python/tests/ghostwriter/test_ghostwriter.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import ast
 import enum
 import json
+import os
 import re
 import socket
 import unittest
@@ -450,13 +451,22 @@ def test_get_imports_for_strategy(strategy, imports):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def temp_script_file():
-    """Fixture to yield a Path to a temporary file in the local directory. File name will end
-    in .py and will include an importable function.
+def in_temp_path(tmp_path):
+    """Fixture to execute tests in a temporary path."""
+    old_path = Path.cwd()
+    os.chdir(tmp_path)
+    yield
+    os.chdir(old_path)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def temp_script_file(in_temp_path):
+    """Fixture to create a script file in a temporary working directory.
+
+    Changes the working directory to a temporary directory, then yields an extant file
+    whose name will end in .py and which includes an importable function.
     """
     p = Path("my_temp_script.py")
-    if p.exists():
-        raise FileExistsError(f"Did not expect {p} to exist during testing")
     p.write_text(
         dedent(
             """
@@ -466,18 +476,17 @@ def say_hello():
         ),
         encoding="utf-8",
     )
-    yield p
-    p.unlink()
+    return p
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def temp_script_file_with_py_function():
-    """Fixture to yield a Path to a temporary file in the local directory. File name will end
-    in .py and will include an importable function named "py"
+def temp_script_file_with_py_function(in_temp_path):
+    """Fixture to create a python file in a temporary working directory.
+
+    Changes the working directory to a temporary directory, then yields an extant file
+    whose name will end in .py and which includes an importable function named "py".
     """
     p = Path("my_temp_script_with_py_function.py")
-    if p.exists():
-        raise FileExistsError(f"Did not expect {p} to exist during testing")
     p.write_text(
         dedent(
             """
@@ -487,8 +496,7 @@ def py():
         ),
         encoding="utf-8",
     )
-    yield p
-    p.unlink()
+    return p
 
 
 def test_obj_name(temp_script_file, temp_script_file_with_py_function):