diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/compile/CompileTestProjectMojo.java b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/compile/CompileTestProjectMojo.java
index 554243eb..80c5ca0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/compile/CompileTestProjectMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/compile/CompileTestProjectMojo.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
@@ -52,8 +54,7 @@ protected void engineExec(MavenProjectBuilderProxy projectBuilder) throws Except
     }
 
     getLog().info("Compiling test sources...");
-    Map<String, Object> result = projectBuilder.testCompile(project.getBasedir(), getDependencyIarJars(),
-            getOptions());
+    Map<String, Object> result = projectBuilder.testCompile(project.getBasedir(), getDependencyIarJars(), getOptions());
     CompilerResult.store(result, project);
   }
 
@@ -65,8 +66,7 @@ private List<File> getDependencyIarJars() {
     if (!Files.exists(iarJarClasspath)) {
       return Collections.emptyList();
     }
-    List<File> iarJars = new ClasspathJar(iarJarClasspath).getFiles();
-    return iarJars;
+    var iarJars = new ClasspathJar(iarJarClasspath).getFiles();
+    return iarJars.stream().map(Path::toFile).collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/util/ClasspathJar.java b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/util/ClasspathJar.java
index 3cf94169..ee434103 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/util/ClasspathJar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/util/ClasspathJar.java
@@ -90,15 +90,15 @@ private static List<String> getClassPathUris(Collection<File> classpathEntries)
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
-  public List<File> getFiles() {
+  public List<Path> getFiles() {
     String urlClasspath = getClasspathUrlEntries();
     if (StringUtils.isBlank(urlClasspath)) {
       return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
-    List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+    var files = new ArrayList<Path>();
     for (String entry : urlClasspath.split(" ")) {
-      files.add(new File(uriToAbsoluteFilePath(entry)));
+      files.add(new File(uriToAbsoluteFilePath(entry)).toPath());
     }
     return files;
   }