diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/DBSource.java b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/DBSource.java
index 46d26281c2..b6c0132a53 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/DBSource.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/geoip-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/databasedownload/DBSource.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public static File createFolderIfNotExist(String outputFilePath) {
         final File destFile = new File(outputFilePath);
         try {
             if (!destFile.exists()) {
-                destFile.mkdir();
+                destFile.mkdirs();
             }
         }
         catch (UncheckedIOException ex) {