diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 19cf0dc..c563a14 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Suggests:
     knitr,
     mockery,
     rmarkdown,
-    testthat (>= 3.0.0)
+    testthat (>= 3.0.0),
+    withr
 VignetteBuilder: 
     knitr
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
diff --git a/tests/testthat.R b/tests/testthat.R
index a2ad775..241a0f2 100644
--- a/tests/testthat.R
+++ b/tests/testthat.R
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ library(utils)
 library(tidyr)
 library(gridExtra)
 library(dplyr)
+library(withr)
 
 test_check("browseMetadata")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-browse_metadata.R b/tests/testthat/test-browse_metadata.R
index 19fa44f..a8c6f91 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-browse_metadata.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-browse_metadata.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 test_that("browse_metadata function outputs files correctly", {
   # Setup
-  temp_dir <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  temp_dir <- local_tempdir()
   example_json_file <- system.file("inputs/national_community_child_health_database_(ncchd)_20240405T130125.json", package = "browseMetadata")
 
   # Execution
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ test_that("browse_metadata function outputs files correctly", {
   expect_equal(nrow(bar_csv), 26)
   expect_equal(ncol(bar_csv),3)
   expect_equal(sum(bar_csv$N_Variables),318)
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-copy_previous.R b/tests/testthat/test-copy_previous.R
index 6a4358e..c254438 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-copy_previous.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-copy_previous.R
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# libraries: testthat, mockery, utils
+# libraries: testthat, mockery, utils, withr
 
 test_that("copy_previous works correctly when there are files to copy from", {
   # Create a temporary directory
-  temp_dir <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  temp_dir <- local_tempdir()
 
   # Create test CSV files
   # Criteria for test files: one must have 'AUTO CATEGORISED' as Note, overlap in DataElements across files, different timestamps across files)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata.R b/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata.R
index 77cfb73..580883b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata.R
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# libraries: testthat, mockery
+# libraries: testthat, mockery, withr
 
 test_that("map_metadata function works correctly with user input", {
   # Setup
-  temp_dir <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  temp_dir <- local_tempdir()
 
   demo_log_output <- system.file("outputs/LOG_NationalCommunityChildHealthDatabase(NCCHD)_CHILD_2024-11-27-14-19-55.csv", package = "browseMetadata")
   demo_output <- system.file("outputs/OUTPUT_NationalCommunityChildHealthDatabase(NCCHD)_CHILD_2024-11-27-14-19-55.csv", package = "browseMetadata")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_compare.R b/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_compare.R
index 6434a1c..ecab8c1 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_compare.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_compare.R
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# libraries: testthat, mockery
+# libraries: testthat, mockery, withr
 
 test_that("map_metadata function works correctly with user input", {
   # Setup
-  temp_dir <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  temp_dir <- local_tempdir()
 
   demo_session_dir <- system.file("outputs", package = "browseMetadata")
   demo_session1_base <- "NationalCommunityChildHealthDatabase(NCCHD)_CHILD_2024-11-27-14-19-55"
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_convert.R b/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_convert.R
index 9fc97fa..6755e8d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_convert.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-map_metadata_convert.R
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# libraries: testthat
+# libraries: testthat, withr
 
 test_that("map_metadata_convert function outputs files correctly", {
   # Setup
-  temp_dir <- withr::local_tempdir()
+  temp_dir <- local_tempdir()
   file_in <- system.file("outputs/OUTPUT_NationalCommunityChildHealthDatabase(NCCHD)_CHILD_2024-11-27-14-19-55.csv", package = "browseMetadata")
   file_out <- system.file("outputs/L-OUTPUT_NationalCommunityChildHealthDatabase(NCCHD)_CHILD_2024-11-27-14-19-55.csv", package = "browseMetadata")
 
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ test_that("map_metadata_convert function outputs files correctly", {
 
   # Test that the outputs are the same
   expect_equal(actual_output, expected_output)
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})