diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
index 6394fd1871..ef19445c14 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <suiteXmlFile>src/main/resources/shared-resources/testCount.xml</suiteXmlFile>
         <maven.build.sourceVersion>11</maven.build.sourceVersion>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <tas.utility.version>3.0.49</tas.utility.version>
+        <tas.utility.version>3.0.53</tas.utility.version>
         <rest-assured.version>5.1.1</rest-assured.version>
         <httpclient-osgi-version>4.5.6</httpclient-osgi-version>
         <jackson-databind.version>2.13.3</jackson-databind.version>
diff --git a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/requests/Node.java b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/requests/Node.java
index f47e0733a2..7b4604ffa2 100644
--- a/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/requests/Node.java
+++ b/packaging/tests/tas-restapi/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/requests/Node.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import static org.alfresco.rest.requests.RuleSettings.IS_INHERITANCE_ENABLED;
 
 import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import io.restassured.http.ContentType;
@@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ public class Node extends ModelRequest<Node>
         try
         {
             restWrapper.usingContentType(ContentType.BINARY);
-            String body = Files.readFile(nodeContent);
+            String body = Files.readFile(new FileInputStream(nodeContent));
             RestRequest request = RestRequest.requestWithBody(HttpMethod.PUT, body, "nodes/{nodeId}/content?{parameters}", repoModel.getNodeRef(), restWrapper.getParameters());
             request.setContentType("UTF-8");
             restWrapper.usingContentType(ContentType.JSON);