diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c8cb4eb..bf6660f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${version.maven-failsafe-plugin}</version>
         <configuration>
+          <workingDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</workingDirectory>
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <http.port>${liberty.var.default.http.port}</http.port>
             <https.port>${liberty.var.default.https.port}</https.port>
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/io/openliberty/sample/health/HealthUtilIT.java b/src/test/java/it/io/openliberty/sample/health/HealthUtilIT.java
index 8525b2bf..c53ca355 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/io/openliberty/sample/health/HealthUtilIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/io/openliberty/sample/health/HealthUtilIT.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public static String getActualState(String service, JsonArray servicesstatus) {
 
   public static void changeProperty(String oldValue, String newValue) {
     try {
-      String fileName = System.getProperty("user.dir").split("target")[0] + "/resources/CustomConfigSource.json";
+      String fileName = "META-INF/CustomConfigSource.json";
       BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(new File(fileName)));
       String line = "";
       String oldContent = "", newContent = "";
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public static void changeProperty(String oldValue, String newValue) {
       FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(fileName);
       writer.write(newContent);
       writer.close();
-      Thread.sleep(600);
+      Thread.sleep(1500);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
     }