diff --git a/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/AbstractUimaTest.java b/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/AbstractUimaTest.java
index 709a7f81e..ad05b717c 100644
--- a/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/AbstractUimaTest.java
+++ b/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/AbstractUimaTest.java
@@ -60,13 +60,19 @@ private void adaptModelURL(ResourceSpecifier specifier) {
     for (ExternalResourceDescription modelDesc : resources) {
       ResourceSpecifier resourceSpec = modelDesc.getResourceSpecifier();
       String genericValue = resourceSpec.getAttributeValue(FILE_URL).toString();
-      String modelName = genericValue.split(":")[1]; // always right of 'file:' -> idx 1
+      final boolean isDictionary = genericValue.endsWith(".dic");
+      String resourceName;
+      if (genericValue != null && !isDictionary) {
+        resourceName = genericValue.split(":")[1]; // always right of 'file:' -> idx 1
+      } else {
+        resourceName = genericValue;
+      }
       try {
-        if ("dictionary.dic".equals(modelName)) {
-          URL fileURL = Paths.get(TARGET_DIR, modelName).toUri().toURL();
+        if (isDictionary) {
+          URL fileURL = Paths.get(TARGET_DIR, resourceName).toUri().toURL();
           resourceSpec.setAttributeValue(FILE_URL, fileURL.toExternalForm());
         } else {
-          URL modelURL = OPENNLP_DIR.resolve(modelName).toUri().toURL();
+          URL modelURL = OPENNLP_DIR.resolve(resourceName).toUri().toURL();
           resourceSpec.setAttributeValue(FILE_URL, modelURL.toExternalForm());
         }
       } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
diff --git a/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/dictionary/DictionaryResourceTest.java b/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/dictionary/DictionaryResourceTest.java
index 846e8c676..66f92e7cf 100644
--- a/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/dictionary/DictionaryResourceTest.java
+++ b/opennlp-uima/src/test/java/opennlp/uima/dictionary/DictionaryResourceTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 import opennlp.uima.AbstractTest;
 import opennlp.uima.util.CasUtil;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
 public class DictionaryResourceTest extends AbstractTest {
 
   private static AnalysisEngine AE;
@@ -54,15 +56,17 @@ public static void beforeClass() throws Exception {
 
   @AfterAll
   public static void afterClass() {
-    AE.destroy(); // is this necessary?
+    if (AE != null) {
+      AE.destroy(); // is this necessary?
+    }
   }
 
   private static AnalysisEngine produceAE(String descName)
       throws IOException, InvalidXMLException, ResourceInitializationException {
     File descFile = new File(PATH_DESCRIPTORS + "/" + descName);
     XMLInputSource in = new XMLInputSource(descFile);
-    ResourceSpecifier specifier = UIMAFramework.getXMLParser()
-        .parseResourceSpecifier(in);
+    ResourceSpecifier specifier = UIMAFramework.getXMLParser().parseResourceSpecifier(in);
+    assertNotNull(specifier);
     return UIMAFramework.produceAnalysisEngine(specifier);
   }
 
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ public void testDictionaryWasLoaded() {
       final DictionaryResource dic = (DictionaryResource) AE.getResourceManager()
               .getResource("/opennlp.uima.Dictionary");
       final Dictionary d = dic.getDictionary();
-      Assertions.assertNotNull(d);
+      assertNotNull(d);
       Assertions.assertEquals(6, d.asStringSet().size(),
               "There should be six entries in the dictionary");
       Assertions.assertTrue(d.contains(new StringList("London")),
diff --git a/opennlp-uima/src/test/resources/test-descriptors/DictionaryNameFinder.xml b/opennlp-uima/src/test/resources/test-descriptors/DictionaryNameFinder.xml
index a4c910678..d0701700f 100644
--- a/opennlp-uima/src/test/resources/test-descriptors/DictionaryNameFinder.xml
+++ b/opennlp-uima/src/test/resources/test-descriptors/DictionaryNameFinder.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
                 <name>NameFinderDictionary</name>
                 <description/>
                 <fileResourceSpecifier>
-                    <fileUrl>file:dictionary.dic</fileUrl>
+                    <fileUrl>dictionary.dic</fileUrl>
                 </fileResourceSpecifier>
                 <implementationName>opennlp.uima.dictionary.DictionaryResourceImpl</implementationName>
             </externalResource>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d1868406..bf7d5be47 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 		<!-- Dependency versions -->
 		<junit.version>5.13.4</junit.version>
 		<junit5-system-exit.version>2.0.2</junit5-system-exit.version>
-		<uimaj.version>3.6.0</uimaj.version>
+		<uimaj.version>3.6.1</uimaj.version>
 		<morfologik.version>2.1.9</morfologik.version>
 		<onnxruntime.version>1.23.0</onnxruntime.version>
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>