diff --git a/Sources/Build/BuildDescription/SwiftTargetBuildDescription.swift b/Sources/Build/BuildDescription/SwiftTargetBuildDescription.swift
index b59b328f3ca..cbc5bed2f83 100644
--- a/Sources/Build/BuildDescription/SwiftTargetBuildDescription.swift
+++ b/Sources/Build/BuildDescription/SwiftTargetBuildDescription.swift
@@ -779,7 +779,8 @@ package final class SwiftTargetBuildDescription {
 
         content += "}\n"
 
-        try self.fileSystem.writeFileContents(path, string: content)
+        try fileSystem.createDirectory(path.parentDirectory, recursive: true)
+        try self.fileSystem.writeFileContents(path, bytes: .init(encodingAsUTF8: content), atomically: true)
         return path
     }