diff --git a/src/roman_datamodels/datamodels/_core.py b/src/roman_datamodels/datamodels/_core.py
index 031fd476..5241669e 100644
--- a/src/roman_datamodels/datamodels/_core.py
+++ b/src/roman_datamodels/datamodels/_core.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import datetime
 import functools
 import sys
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 
 import asdf
@@ -46,6 +47,22 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
     return wrapper
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def _temporary_update_filename(datamodel, filename):
+    """
+    Context manager to temporarily update the filename of a datamodel so that it
+    can be saved with that new file name without changing the current model's filename
+    """
+    from roman_datamodels.stnode import Filename
+
+    if "meta" in datamodel._instance and "filename" in datamodel._instance.meta:
+        old_filename = datamodel._instance.meta.filename
+        datamodel._instance.meta.filename = Filename(filename)
+
+        yield
+        datamodel._instance.meta.filename = old_filename
+
+
 class DataModel(abc.ABC):
     """Base class for all top level datamodels"""
 
@@ -196,10 +213,10 @@ def open_asdf(self, init=None, **kwargs):
             return asdf.open(init, **kwargs) if isinstance(init, str) else asdf.AsdfFile(init, **kwargs)
 
     def to_asdf(self, init, *args, **kwargs):
-        with validate.nuke_validation():
-            asdffile = self.open_asdf(**kwargs)
-            asdffile.tree = {"roman": self._instance}
-            asdffile.write_to(init, *args, **kwargs)
+        with validate.nuke_validation(), _temporary_update_filename(self, Path(init).name):
+            asdf_file = self.open_asdf(**kwargs)
+            asdf_file.tree = {"roman": self._instance}
+            asdf_file.write_to(init, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_primary_array_name(self):
         """