diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 559e337..19219bb 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
 
   <groupId>com.azure.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>azure-cosmos-serialization</artifactId>
-  <version>2.9.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9.5</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Microsoft Azure Cosmos Serialization API</name>
@@ -250,29 +250,6 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-resources</id>
-            <phase>validate</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</outputDirectory>
-              <resources>
-                <resource>
-                  <directory>${project.basedir}/../schemas</directory>
-                  <filtering>true</filtering>
-                </resource>
-              </resources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -286,24 +263,16 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <!--plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase/>
-            <id>default-cli</id>
-            <configuration>
-              <target/>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin-->
     </plugins>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <filtering>false</filtering>
+        <directory>${project.basedir}/../schemas</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>SystemSchema.json</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
   </build>
 
   <developers>
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/azure/data/cosmos/serialization/hybridrow/layouts/SystemSchema.java b/java/src/main/java/com/azure/data/cosmos/serialization/hybridrow/layouts/SystemSchema.java
index 0b5d0d3..5cb455f 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/azure/data/cosmos/serialization/hybridrow/layouts/SystemSchema.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/azure/data/cosmos/serialization/hybridrow/layouts/SystemSchema.java
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ public final class SystemSchema {
         try (final InputStream stream = getResourceAsStream("SystemSchema.json")) {
             namespace = Namespace.parse(stream);
         } catch (IOException cause) {
-            String message = lenientFormat("failed to initialize %s due to %s", cause);
+            String message = lenientFormat("failed to initialize %s due to %s", SystemSchema.class, cause);
             throw new IllegalStateException(message, cause);
         }
 
         return new LayoutResolverNamespace(namespace.orElseThrow(() -> {
-            String message = lenientFormat("failed to initialize %s due to system schema parse error");
+            String message = lenientFormat(
+                "failed to initialize %s due to system schema parse error",
+                SystemSchema.class);
             return new IllegalStateException(message);
         }));
     });
@@ -73,11 +75,11 @@ public final class SystemSchema {
 
         while (urls.hasMoreElements()) {
             final URL url = urls.nextElement();
-            if (url.toString().startsWith(location)) {
+            if (url.getFile().endsWith(name)) {
                 return url.openStream();
             }
         }
 
-        throw new FileNotFoundException(lenientFormat("cannot find resource at code source location %s", location));
+        throw new FileNotFoundException(lenientFormat("cannot find %s at %s", name, location));
     }
 }