diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
index fdad53db0..4fbb555de 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,4 +37,11 @@ dependencies {
   testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher")
 }
 
-sourceSets { test { resources { srcDir("src/test/data") } } }
+tasks.register<Jar>("archiveConf") {
+  archiveFileName = "conf.jar"
+  destinationDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("conf")
+
+  from("src/test/resources/META-INF/") { include("persistence.xml") }
+}
+
+tasks.named("test") { dependsOn("archiveConf") }
diff --git a/polaris-service/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
similarity index 96%
rename from polaris-service/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
rename to extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index db8c1c4bd..11828b284 100644
--- a/polaris-service/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd">
 
-  <persistence-unit name="polaris-dev" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
+  <persistence-unit name="polaris" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
     <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider>
     <class>io.polaris.core.persistence.models.ModelEntity</class>
     <class>io.polaris.core.persistence.models.ModelEntityActive</class>
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/data/eclipselink_conf.jar b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/data/eclipselink_conf.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f0a47fd7..000000000
Binary files a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/data/eclipselink_conf.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/io/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreTest.java b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/io/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreTest.java
index 32b4169d6..19cea32cf 100644
--- a/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/io/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreTest.java
+++ b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/java/io/polaris/extension/persistence/impl/eclipselink/PolarisEclipseLinkMetaStoreTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ private static class CreateStoreSessionArgs implements ArgumentsProvider {
     public Stream<? extends Arguments> provideArguments(ExtensionContext extensionContext) {
       return Stream.of(
           Arguments.of("META-INF/persistence.xml", true),
-          Arguments.of("eclipselink_conf.jar!/persistence.xml", true),
+          Arguments.of("./build/conf/conf.jar!/persistence.xml", true),
           Arguments.of("/dummy_path/conf.jar!/persistence.xml", false));
     }
   }
diff --git a/polaris-service/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from polaris-service/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
rename to extension/persistence/eclipselink/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml