diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
index 96675b33be..20802ba657 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
@@ -59,3 +59,13 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(libs.mockito.core)
   testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher")
 }
+
+tasks.register<Jar>("createTestConfJar") {
+  archiveFileName = "test-conf.jar"
+  destinationDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("conf/eclipselink")
+  from("src/main/resources/META-INF/") { include("persistence.xml") }
+}
+
+sourceSets { test { resources.srcDir(layout.buildDirectory.dir("conf")) } }
+
+tasks.named("processTestResources") { dependsOn("createTestConfJar") }
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java
index 9fbf216702..5b04ecc18d 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreManagerTest.java
@@ -215,11 +215,7 @@ public Stream<? extends Arguments> provideArguments(ExtensionContext extensionCo
               Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResource("/META-INF/persistence.xml")).toURI());
       Path confJar =
           Paths.get(
-              Objects.requireNonNull(
-                      getClass()
-                          .getResource(
-                              "/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/test-conf.jar"))
-                  .toURI());
+              Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResource("/eclipselink/test-conf.jar")).toURI());
       return Stream.of(
           // conf file not provided
           Arguments.of(null, true),
@@ -227,12 +223,8 @@ public Stream<? extends Arguments> provideArguments(ExtensionContext extensionCo
           Arguments.of("META-INF/persistence.xml", true),
           Arguments.of("META-INF/dummy.xml", false),
           // classpath resource, embedded
-          Arguments.of(
-              "org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/test-conf.jar!/persistence.xml",
-              true),
-          Arguments.of(
-              "org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/test-conf.jar!/dummy.xml",
-              false),
+          Arguments.of("eclipselink/test-conf.jar!/persistence.xml", true),
+          Arguments.of("eclipselink/test-conf.jar!/dummy.xml", false),
           Arguments.of("dummy/test-conf.jar!/persistence.xml", false),
           // filesystem path
           Arguments.of(persistenceXml.toString(), true),
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/resources/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/test-conf.jar b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/resources/org/apache/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/test-conf.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e42cc1191..0000000000
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