diff --git a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
index a20a07cdb7..1675704485 100644
--- a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
+++ b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 # for full copyright and license information.
 #################################################################################
 
-from importlib import resources
+from importlib.resources import as_file, files
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 
 import pandas as pd
 
 
-with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
+with as_file(files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
     prescient_5bus = Path(pkg_file).parent
 
 # rts_gmlc_generator_dataframe = pd.read_csv("gen.csv")
diff --git a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
index b36ddb5d8f..26e9ad0830 100644
--- a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # for full copyright and license information.
 #################################################################################
 
-from importlib import resources
+from importlib.resources import as_file, file
 from numbers import Number
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Union
@@ -51,11 +51,7 @@ def data_path(self) -> Path:
         # where importlib.resources.path() requires the resource to be a file
         # directories are not supported and will raise an error if attempted
         
-        ### old version
-        # with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
-        #     return Path(pkg_file).parent
-        
-        with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
+        with as_file(files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
             prescient_5bus = Path(pkg_file).parent
 
 
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ def self_scheduler_output_dir(self, tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
 
     @pytest.fixture
     def self_scheduler_plugin_path(self) -> Path:
-        with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.apps.grid_integration.tests").joinpath("self_scheduler_integration_test_plugin.py")) as p:
+        with as_file(files("idaes.apps.grid_integration.tests").joinpath("self_scheduler_integration_test_plugin.py")) as p:
             return Path(p)
 
     @pytest.mark.unit
diff --git a/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py b/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
index 09cef146c4..cf04d7e681 100644
--- a/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
+++ b/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # for full copyright and license information.
 #################################################################################
 
-from importlib import resources
+from importlib.resources import files, as_file
 from numbers import Number
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Union
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def data_path(self) -> Path:
         # we need to specify __init__.py as a workaround for Python 3.9,
         # where importlib.resources.path() requires the resource to be a file
         # directories are not supported and will raise an error if attempted
-        with resources.as_file(resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
+        with as_file(files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")) as pkg_file:
             prescient_5bus = Path(pkg_file).parent
 
     @pytest.mark.unit