diff --git a/pr-checks/changelog/validate.test.mts b/pr-checks/changelog/validate.test.mts
index ea07d93cc..dc2ab87d6 100644
--- a/pr-checks/changelog/validate.test.mts
+++ b/pr-checks/changelog/validate.test.mts
@@ -1,34 +1,16 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
-import * as fs from "node:fs";
-import * as os from "node:os";
-import * as path from "node:path";
 import { describe, it } from "node:test";
 
+import { withTmpFile } from "../../src/util.js";
+
 import {
+  hasValidChangenoteCategory,
   isValidChangenoteContent,
   isValidChangenoteFile,
   isValidChangenoteFilename,
-  hasValidChangenoteCategory,
   VALID_CHANGE_NOTE_CATEGORIES,
 } from "./validate.mjs";
 
-async function withTmpFile<T>(
-  baseFileName: string,
-  contents: string,
-  body: (filePath: string) => Promise<T> | T,
-): Promise<T> {
-  const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(
-    path.join(os.tmpdir(), "changetool-validate-test-"),
-  );
-  try {
-    const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, baseFileName);
-    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, contents);
-    return await body(filePath);
-  } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  }
-}
-
 await describe("isValidChangenoteContent", async () => {
   await it("recognizes an unordered Markdown list", () => {
     const inputs = [
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index f6258b285..574741b83 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,24 @@ export async function withTmpDir<T>(
   return result;
 }
 
+// Creates a random temporary file, runs the given body, and then deletes the file.
+export async function withTmpFile<T>(
+  baseFileName: string,
+  contents: string,
+  body: (filePath: string) => Promise<T> | T,
+): Promise<T> {
+  const tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(
+    path.join(os.tmpdir(), "changetool-validate-test-"),
+  );
+  try {
+    const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, baseFileName);
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, contents);
+    return await body(filePath);
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets an OS-specific amount of memory (in MB) to reserve for OS processes
  * when the user doesn't explicitly specify a memory setting.