diff --git a/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala b/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala
index e1ac30f..a519b1b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala-2.12/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.nio.file.{ Path => NioPath }
 
 private[sbt] object PluginCompat {
   type FileRef = java.io.File
-  type Out = java.io.File
+  type UnhashedFileRef = java.io.File
 
   def toNioPath(a: Attributed[File])(implicit conv: FileConverter): NioPath =
     a.data.toPath
diff --git a/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala b/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala
index 6205cdf..e780167 100644
--- a/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala-3/com/typesafe/sbt/PluginCompat.scala
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import java.nio.file.{ Path => NioPath }
 import java.io.{ File => IoFile }
 import sbt.*
 import sbt.Keys.Classpath
-import xsbti.{ FileConverter, HashedVirtualFileRef, VirtualFile }
+import xsbti.{ FileConverter, HashedVirtualFileRef, VirtualFileRef }
 
 private[sbt] object PluginCompat:
   type FileRef = HashedVirtualFileRef
-  type Out = VirtualFile
+  type UnhashedFileRef = VirtualFileRef
 
   def toNioPath(a: Attributed[HashedVirtualFileRef])(using conv: FileConverter): NioPath =
     conv.toPath(a.data)
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ private[sbt] object PluginCompat:
   inline def classpathToFiles(classpath: Classpath)(using conv: FileConverter): Seq[File] =
     toFiles(classpath.to(Seq))
   inline def toKey(settingKey: SettingKey[String]): StringAttributeKey = StringAttributeKey(settingKey.key.label)
-  def toNioPath(hvf: HashedVirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): NioPath =
+  def toNioPath(hvf: VirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): NioPath =
     conv.toPath(hvf)
-  def toFile(hvf: HashedVirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): File =
+  def toFile(hvf: VirtualFileRef)(using conv: FileConverter): File =
     toNioPath(hvf).toFile
   inline def toFileRef(file: File)(using conv: FileConverter): FileRef =
     conv.toVirtualFile(file.toPath)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/web/SbtWeb.scala b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/web/SbtWeb.scala
index 6135360..25981ea 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/web/SbtWeb.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/web/SbtWeb.scala
@@ -585,6 +585,20 @@ object SbtWeb extends AutoPlugin {
     toFileRef(file)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Convert a FileRef to a File, for compatibility usage in user sbt files/tasks
+   * @param fileRef
+   *   The file ref to convert
+   * @param conv
+   *   A valid FileConverter. Usually fileConverter.value, in Task scope
+   * @return
+   *   The file converted to a usable File type.
+   */
+  def asFile(fileRef: UnhashedFileRef, conv: FileConverter): File = {
+    implicit val fc: FileConverter = conv
+    toFile(fileRef)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Deduplicator that selects the first file contained in the base directory.
    *
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/build.sbt b/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/build.sbt
index dd16f24..ebf9acc 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/build.sbt
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/build.sbt
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ TaskKey[Unit]("fileCheckNode") := {
 //$ newer target/foo target/web/public/main/lib/jquery/jquery.js
 TaskKey[Unit]("checkJqueryTimestamp") := {
   assert(
-    ( target.value / "web" / "public" / "main" / "lib" / "jquery" / "jquery.js" ).exists(),
-    "Could not find jquery"
+    (baseDirectory.value / "target" / "foo" ).lastModified() > (target.value / "web" / "public" / "main" / "lib" / "jquery" / "jquery.js" ).lastModified(),
+    "target/foo was not newer than jquery.js"
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/test b/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/test
index 36db452..873e919 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/test
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbt-web/extract-web-jars/test
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 # Extract node modules
 > Assets/webNodeModules
-$ exists target/web/node-modules/main/webjars/less/package.json
 > fileCheckNode
 
 > clean