Using slashes in branch name causes a Java Error during zipping

When performing a Codedeploy plugin post action with the branch name containing a '/' the following exception occurs:

Failed CodeDeploy post-build step; exception follows.
No such file or directory
java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:1012)
at com.amazonaws.codedeploy.AWSCodeDeployPublisher.zipAndUpload(AWSCodeDeployPublisher.java:321)
at com.amazonaws.codedeploy.AWSCodeDeployPublisher.perform(AWSCodeDeployPublisher.java:230)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepCompatibilityLayer.perform(BuildStepCompatibilityLayer.java:81)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:744)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:690)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:186)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:635)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1752)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:429)