diff --git a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadFile.java b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadFile.java
index c13b96db5af..2d4639d58ca 100644
--- a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadFile.java
+++ b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadFile.java
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.progress.LoggingTransferListener;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.UUID;
 // snippet-end:[s3.tm.java2.downloadfile.import]
@@ -70,7 +72,14 @@ private void setUp() {
                 .bucket(bucketName)
                 .key(key), RequestBody.fromString("Hello World"));
         URL resource = DownloadFile.class.getClassLoader().getResource(".");
-        downloadedFileWithPath = resource.getFile() + downloadedFileName;
+        try {
+            Path basePath = Paths.get(resource.toURI());
+            Path fullPath = basePath.resolve(downloadedFileName);
+            downloadedFileWithPath = fullPath.toString();
+        } catch (URISyntaxException | NullPointerException e) {
+            logger.error("Exception creating URI [{}]", e.getMessage());
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
     }
 
     public void cleanUp() {
diff --git a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadToDirectory.java b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadToDirectory.java
index 44cafbf3562..33bcdfcd019 100644
--- a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadToDirectory.java
+++ b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/DownloadToDirectory.java
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.DownloadDirectoryRequest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@
 public class DownloadToDirectory {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DownloadToDirectory.class);
     public final String bucketName = "x-" + UUID.randomUUID();
-    public String destinationPath;
+    public URI destinationPathURI;
     private final Set<String> downloadedFileNameSet = new HashSet<>();
     private final String destinationDirName = "downloadDirectory";
 
@@ -45,16 +48,16 @@ public DownloadToDirectory() {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         DownloadToDirectory download = new DownloadToDirectory();
         Integer numFilesFailedToDownload = download.downloadObjectsToDirectory(S3ClientFactory.transferManager,
-                download.destinationPath, download.bucketName);
+                download.destinationPathURI, download.bucketName);
         logger.info("Number of files that failed to download [{}].", numFilesFailedToDownload);
         download.cleanUp();
     }
 
     // snippet-start:[s3.tm.java2.downloadtodirectory.main]
     public Integer downloadObjectsToDirectory(S3TransferManager transferManager,
-            String destinationPath, String bucketName) {
+            URI destinationPathURI, String bucketName) {
         DirectoryDownload directoryDownload = transferManager.downloadDirectory(DownloadDirectoryRequest.builder()
-                .destination(Paths.get(destinationPath))
+                .destination(Paths.get(destinationPathURI))
                 .bucket(bucketName)
                 .build());
         CompletedDirectoryDownload completedDirectoryDownload = directoryDownload.completionFuture().join();
@@ -77,7 +80,12 @@ private void setUp() {
                     .key(fileName),
                     requestBody);
         });
-        destinationPath = DownloadToDirectory.class.getClassLoader().getResource(destinationDirName).getPath();
+        try {
+            destinationPathURI = DownloadToDirectory.class.getClassLoader().getResource(destinationDirName).toURI();
+        } catch (URISyntaxException | NullPointerException e) {
+            logger.error("Exception creating URI [{}]", e.getMessage());
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
     }
 
     public void cleanUp() {
@@ -96,7 +104,9 @@ public void cleanUp() {
         // Delete files downloaded.
         downloadedFileNameSet.stream().forEach(fileName -> {
             try {
-                Files.delete(Paths.get(destinationPath + "/" + fileName));
+                Path basePath = Paths.get(destinationPathURI);
+                Path fullPath = basePath.resolve(fileName);
+                Files.delete(fullPath);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 logger.error("Exception deleting file [{}]", fileName);
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/UploadADirectory.java b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/UploadADirectory.java
index b089e37b40a..3a0c4cbf219 100644
--- a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/UploadADirectory.java
+++ b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/transfermanager/UploadADirectory.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.DirectoryUpload;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.transfer.s3.model.UploadDirectoryRequest;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@
 public class UploadADirectory {
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UploadADirectory.class);
     public final String bucketName = "x-" + UUID.randomUUID();
-    public String sourceDirectory;
+    public URI sourceDirectory;
 
     public UploadADirectory() {
         setUp();
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 
     // snippet-start:[s3.tm.java2.uploadadirectory.main]
     public Integer uploadDirectory(S3TransferManager transferManager,
-            String sourceDirectory, String bucketName) {
+            URI sourceDirectory, String bucketName) {
         DirectoryUpload directoryUpload = transferManager.uploadDirectory(UploadDirectoryRequest.builder()
                 .source(Paths.get(sourceDirectory))
                 .bucket(bucketName)
@@ -62,7 +64,12 @@ public Integer uploadDirectory(S3TransferManager transferManager,
     private void setUp() {
         S3ClientFactory.s3Client.createBucket(b -> b.bucket(bucketName));
         URL dirResource = UploadADirectory.class.getClassLoader().getResource("uploadDirectory");
-        sourceDirectory = dirResource.getPath();
+        try {
+            sourceDirectory = dirResource.toURI();
+        } catch (URISyntaxException | NullPointerException e) {
+            logger.error("Error getting file path URI: {}", e.getMessage());
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
     }
 
     public void cleanUp() {