diff --git a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
index 9aeb8f1fba..b3afe3d74f 100644
--- a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
+++ b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 import pandas as pd
 
 
-with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
+# with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
+#     prescient_5bus = Path(pkg_file).parent
+
+with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
     prescient_5bus = Path(pkg_file).parent
 
 # rts_gmlc_generator_dataframe = pd.read_csv("gen.csv")
diff --git a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
index 808d50c5fa..57c964a24c 100644
--- a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ def data_path(self) -> Path:
         # we need to specify __init__.py as a workaround for Python 3.9,
         # where importlib.resources.path() requires the resource to be a file
         # directories are not supported and will raise an error if attempted
-        with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
-            return Path(pkg_file).parent
+        
+        ### old version
+        # with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
+        #     return Path(pkg_file).parent
+        
+        with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
+            prescient_5bus = Path(pkg_file).parent
+
 
     @pytest.mark.unit
     def test_data_path_available(self, data_path: Path):
@@ -71,10 +77,12 @@ def self_scheduler_output_dir(self, tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
 
     @pytest.fixture
     def self_scheduler_plugin_path(self) -> Path:
-        with resources.path(
-            "idaes.apps.grid_integration.tests",
-            "self_scheduler_integration_test_plugin.py",
-        ) as p:
+        # with resources.path(
+        #     "idaes.apps.grid_integration.tests",
+        #     "self_scheduler_integration_test_plugin.py",
+        # ) as p:
+        #     return Path(p)
+        with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.apps.grid_integration.tests").joinpath("self_scheduler_integration_test_plugin.py")) as p:
             return Path(p)
 
     @pytest.mark.unit
diff --git a/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py b/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
index 881ecc717c..1cde47e3fb 100644
--- a/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
+++ b/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ def data_path(self) -> Path:
         # we need to specify __init__.py as a workaround for Python 3.9,
         # where importlib.resources.path() requires the resource to be a file
         # directories are not supported and will raise an error if attempted
-        with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
-            return Path(pkg_file).parent
+        #with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
+        #    return Path(pkg_file).parent
+
+        with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
+            prescient_5bus = Path(pkg_file).parent
 
     @pytest.mark.unit
     def test_data_path_available(self, data_path: Path):