Use more direct API.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java
index 633d3ff..4fe783e 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/release/plugin/mojos/CommonsDistributionStagingMojo.java
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
final File signatureValidatorFileInScm = new File(distVersionRcVersionDirectory, SIGNATURE_VALIDATOR_FILE_NAME);
final String resourceName = "/resources/" + SIGNATURE_VALIDATOR_FILE_NAME;
// The source can be in a local file or inside a jar file.
- try (InputStream inputStream = getClass().getResource(resourceName).openStream();
+ try (InputStream inputStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(signatureValidatorFileInScm)) {
IOUtils.copy(inputStream, outputStream);
} catch (final Exception e) {
