diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocation.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocation.java
index ae9d645..5eb25af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocation.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
  */
 public class URLLocation extends FileLocation {
 
+    private static final String DEFAULT_TEMP_FILE_PREFIX = "url";
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX = ".tmp";
+
     private final URL url;
 
     private final String tempFilePrefix;
@@ -58,7 +62,10 @@ public URLLocation(
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     protected void initFile() throws IOException {
         if (unsafeGetFile() == null) {
-            File tempFile = Files.createTempFile(tempFilePrefix, tempFileSuffix).toFile();
+            String prefix = tempFilePrefix != null ? tempFilePrefix : DEFAULT_TEMP_FILE_PREFIX;
+            String suffix = tempFileSuffix != null ? tempFileSuffix : DEFAULT_TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX;
+
+            File tempFile = Files.createTempFile(prefix, suffix).toFile();
 
             if (tempFileDeleteOnExit) {
                 tempFile.deleteOnExit();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocationTest.java
index 62e3db8..59ace8a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/URLLocationTest.java
@@ -77,4 +77,16 @@ void shouldTransferFromTempFileThenRead() throws Exception {
 
         assertEquals(testStr, new String(buffer, "US-ASCII"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldUseDefaultsWhenTempFilePrefixAndSuffixAreNull() throws Exception {
+        File f = Files.createTempFile("url-location.", ".test").toFile();
+        f.deleteOnExit();
+
+        URL url = f.toURL();
+
+        URLLocation location = new URLLocation(url, f.getAbsolutePath(), null, null, true);
+
+        assertNotNull(location.getFile());
+    }
 }