diff --git a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.injectable.ts b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.injectable.ts
index 560d23507f..3dfc7fb89e 100644
--- a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.injectable.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import { access, mkdir, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { ensureDir } from "fs-extra";
 import directoryForUserDataInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-user-data/directory-for-user-data.injectable";
 import { getKubeAuthProxyCertificatePath } from "./kube-auth-proxy-cert";
 import * as selfsigned from "selfsigned";
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ const createKubeAuthProxyCertFilesInjectable = getInjectable({
     
     return createKubeAuthProxyCertFiles(certPath, {
       generate: selfsigned.generate,
-      access, mkdir, writeFile,
+      ensureDir, 
+      writeFile,
     });
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.ts b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.ts
index 4ab6b0a7a8..b4d3cd0460 100644
--- a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.ts
+++ b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy-cert-files.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 
-import type { access, mkdir, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import type { writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import type { ensureDir } from "fs-extra";
 import path from "path";
 import type * as selfsigned from "selfsigned";
 
@@ -11,8 +12,7 @@ type SelfSignedGenerate = typeof selfsigned.generate;
 
 interface CreateKubeAuthProxyCertificateFilesDependencies {
   generate: SelfSignedGenerate;
-  access: typeof access;
-  mkdir: typeof mkdir;
+  ensureDir: typeof ensureDir;
   writeFile: typeof writeFile;
 }
 
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ function getKubeAuthProxyCertificate(generate: SelfSignedGenerate): selfsigned.S
 export async function createKubeAuthProxyCertFiles(dir: string, dependencies: CreateKubeAuthProxyCertificateFilesDependencies): Promise<string> {
   const cert = getKubeAuthProxyCertificate(dependencies.generate);
 
-  try {
-    await dependencies.access(dir);
-  } catch {
-    await dependencies.mkdir(dir);
-  }
-
+  await dependencies.ensureDir(dir);
   await dependencies.writeFile(path.join(dir, "proxy.key"), cert.private);
   await dependencies.writeFile(path.join(dir, "proxy.crt"), cert.cert);