diff --git a/components/camel-stax/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/stax/IssueWithWrongEncodingTest.java b/components/camel-stax/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/stax/IssueWithWrongEncodingTest.java
index 3c3c314..1e4c3f8 100644
--- a/components/camel-stax/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/stax/IssueWithWrongEncodingTest.java
+++ b/components/camel-stax/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/stax/IssueWithWrongEncodingTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.apache.camel.component.stax;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
 import org.apache.camel.RoutesBuilder;
@@ -29,6 +31,17 @@
 
 public class IssueWithWrongEncodingTest extends CamelTestSupport {
 
+    private static final String XML_1 = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<products>\n"
+            + "    <product>\n"
+            + "        <name>first product ";
+
+    private static final String XML_2 = "</name>\n"
+            + "    </product>\n"
+            + "    <product>\n"
+            + "        <name>second product</name>\n"
+            + "    </product>\n"
+            + "</products>";
+
     @Override
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         deleteDirectory("target/encoding");
@@ -48,10 +61,19 @@
     @Test
     public void testInvalidEncoding() throws Exception {
         getMockEndpoint("mock:result").expectedMessageCount(0);
-        getMockEndpoint("mock:result").expectedFileExists("target/encoding/error/products_with_non_utf8.xml");
+        getMockEndpoint("mock:result").expectedFileExists("target/encoding/error/invalid.xml");
 
-        File file = new File("src/test/resources/products_with_non_utf8.xml");
-        template.sendBodyAndHeader("file:target/encoding", file, Exchange.FILE_NAME, "products_with_non_utf8.xml");
+        File file = new File("target/encoding/invalid.xml");
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file, false);
+        fos.write(XML_1.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        // thai elephant is 4 bytes
+        fos.write(0xF0);
+        fos.write(0x9F);
+        fos.write(0x90);
+        // lets force an error by only have 3 bytes
+        // fos.write(0x98);
+        fos.write(XML_2.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        fos.close();
 
         assertMockEndpointsSatisfied();
     }
diff --git a/components/camel-stax/src/test/resources/products_with_non_utf8.xml b/components/camel-stax/src/test/resources/products_with_non_utf8.xml
deleted file mode 100755
index a523ee8..0000000
--- a/components/camel-stax/src/test/resources/products_with_non_utf8.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-    limitations under the License.
-
--->
-<products>
-    <product>
-        <name>first product ��</name>
-    </product>
-    <product>
-        <name>second product</name>
-    </product>
-</products>
\ No newline at end of file