diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c178bc..6d28fc7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
     "node": ">=6"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "rimraf": "^2.6.2"
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.3"
   },
-  "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^4.19.1",
     "eslint-plugin-mocha": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/test/file-sync-test.js b/test/file-sync-test.js
index 52689c5..2c063ed 100644
--- a/test/file-sync-test.js
+++ b/test/file-sync-test.js
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ describe('tmp', function () {
     });
 
     describe('when running issue specific inband tests', function () {
+      it('on issue #182: should not replace empty postfix with ".tmp"', function () {
+        const tmpobj = tmp.fileSync({ postfix: '' });
+        assert.ok(!tmpobj.name.endsWith('.tmp'));
+      });
     });
 
     describe('when running standard outband tests', function () {
diff --git a/test/file-test.js b/test/file-test.js
index 3660a22..494696b 100644
--- a/test/file-test.js
+++ b/test/file-test.js
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ describe('tmp', function () {
     });
 
     describe('when running issue specific inband tests', function () {
+      it('on issue #182: should not replace empty postfix with ".tmp"', function (done) {
+        tmp.file({ postfix: '' }, function (err, path) {
+          try {
+            assert.ok(!path.endsWith('.tmp'));
+          } catch (err) {
+            return done(err);
+          }
+          done();
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     describe('when running standard outband tests', function () {