diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy
index 02fe741b..5e609050 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/mojo/spotbugs/SpotBugsMojo.groovy
@@ -857,10 +857,10 @@ class SpotBugsMojo extends AbstractMavenReport implements SpotBugsPluginsTrait {
         }
 
         if(!sarifOutput) {
-            args << "-xml:withMessages"
+            args << "-xml:withMessages=" + tempFile.getAbsolutePath()
         }
         else {
-            args << "-sarif"
+            args << "-sarif=" + tempFile.getAbsolutePath()
         }
 
         args << "-auxclasspathFromInput"
@@ -956,10 +956,6 @@ class SpotBugsMojo extends AbstractMavenReport implements SpotBugsPluginsTrait {
             args << maxRank
         }
 
-        args << "-output"
-        args << tempFile.getAbsolutePath()
-
-
         if (classFilesDirectory.exists() && classFilesDirectory.isDirectory()) {
             log.debug("  Adding to Source Directory ->" + classFilesDirectory.absolutePath)
             args << classFilesDirectory.absolutePath