diff --git a/bundles/tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/persistence/testing/osgi/OSGITestHelper.java b/bundles/tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/persistence/testing/osgi/OSGITestHelper.java
index 56764f61638..2112153ea7f 100644
--- a/bundles/tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/persistence/testing/osgi/OSGITestHelper.java
+++ b/bundles/tests/src/test/java/org/eclipse/persistence/testing/osgi/OSGITestHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.Option;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.bundle;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.cleanCaches;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.junitBundles;
@@ -41,10 +44,10 @@ public static Option[] getDefaultOptions() {
 
         return options(
                 // JAXB API
-                bundle("file:" + PLUGINS_DIR + ACTIVATION_JAR),
-                bundle("file:" + PLUGINS_DIR + JAXB_API_JAR),
+                bundle(pathToUrl(PLUGINS_DIR + ACTIVATION_JAR)),
+                bundle(pathToUrl(PLUGINS_DIR + JAXB_API_JAR)),
                 //JAXB_OSGI
-                bundle("file:" + PLUGINS_DIR + JAXB_OSGI),
+                bundle(pathToUrl(PLUGINS_DIR + JAXB_OSGI)),
 
                 systemPackage("javax.rmi"),
                 systemPackage("javax.rmi.CORBA"),
@@ -52,12 +55,12 @@ public static Option[] getDefaultOptions() {
                 systemPackage("org.omg.CORBA.portable"),
                 systemPackage("org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable"),
                 // JAX-RS API
-                bundle("file:" + PLUGINS_DIR + JAXRS_JAR),
+                bundle(pathToUrl(PLUGINS_DIR + JAXRS_JAR)),
 
                 // EclipseLink bundles
-                bundle("file:" + PLUGINS_DIR + "org.eclipse.persistence.moxy.jar"),
-                bundle("file:" + PLUGINS_DIR + "org.eclipse.persistence.core.jar"),
-                bundle("file:" + PLUGINS_DIR + ASM_JAR),
+                bundle(pathToUrl(PLUGINS_DIR + "org.eclipse.persistence.moxy.jar")),
+                bundle(pathToUrl(PLUGINS_DIR + "org.eclipse.persistence.core.jar")),
+                bundle(pathToUrl(PLUGINS_DIR + ASM_JAR)),
 
                 cleanCaches(),
                 junitBundles());
@@ -87,4 +90,12 @@ public static Option[] getOptionsWithBeanValidation() {
                 junitBundles()
         );
     }
+
+    private static String pathToUrl(String path) {
+        try {
+            return Path.of(path).toUri().toURL().toExternalForm();
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
 }