diff --git a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
index 9aeb8f1fba..28c9bd46f4 100644
--- a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
+++ b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/examples/utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 import pandas as pd
 
 
-with resources.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
+with resources.as_file(
+    resources.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 808d50c5fa..9ca7ab34a6 100644
--- a/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/idaes/apps/grid_integration/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ class TestDoubleLoopIntegration:
     @pytest.fixture
     def data_path(self) -> Path:
         # NOTE here we want the path to the entire 5bus directory
-        # 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.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
-            return Path(pkg_file).parent
+        # we need to specify __init__.py and then use `pathlib.Path.parent` since
+        # `importlib.resources.as_path()` only supports directories on Python 3.12+
+        with resources.as_file(
+            resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")
+        ) as pkg_file:
+            return pkg_file.parent
 
     @pytest.mark.unit
     def test_data_path_available(self, data_path: Path):
@@ -71,9 +72,10 @@ def self_scheduler_output_dir(self, tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
 
     @pytest.fixture
     def self_scheduler_plugin_path(self) -> Path:
-        with resources.path(
-            "idaes.apps.grid_integration.tests",
-            "self_scheduler_integration_test_plugin.py",
+        with resources.as_file(
+            resources.files("idaes.apps.grid_integration.tests").joinpath(
+                "self_scheduler_integration_test_plugin.py"
+            )
         ) as p:
             return Path(p)
 
diff --git a/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py b/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
index 881ecc717c..2197688597 100644
--- a/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
+++ b/idaes/tests/prescient/test_prescient.py
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ class Test5Bus:
     @pytest.fixture
     def data_path(self) -> Path:
         # NOTE here we want the path to the entire 5bus directory
-        # 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.path("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus", "__init__.py") as pkg_file:
-            return Path(pkg_file).parent
+        # we need to specify __init__.py and then use `pathlib.Path.parent` since
+        # `importlib.resources.as_path()` only supports directories on Python 3.12+
+        with resources.as_file(
+            resources.files("idaes.tests.prescient.5bus").joinpath("__init__.py")
+        ) as pkg_file:
+            return pkg_file.parent
 
     @pytest.mark.unit
     def test_data_path_available(self, data_path: Path):