Index: solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/TestUpdateRequestCodec.java
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--- solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/TestUpdateRequestCodec.java	(revision 1570810)
+++ solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/TestUpdateRequestCodec.java	(working copy)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputField;
-import org.apache.solr.util.ExternalPaths;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -203,7 +202,8 @@
 
 
 
-    FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(ExternalPaths.SOURCE_HOME, "solrj/src/test-files/solrj/updateReq_4_5.bin"));
+    InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/solrj/updateReq_4_5.bin");
+		assertNotNull("updateReq_4_5.bin was not found", is);
     UpdateRequest updateUnmarshalled = new JavaBinUpdateRequestCodec().unmarshal(is, new JavaBinUpdateRequestCodec.StreamingUpdateHandler() {
       @Override
       public void update(SolrInputDocument document, UpdateRequest req, Integer commitWithin, Boolean override) {