diff --git a/hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/SchemaTestUtil.java b/hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/SchemaTestUtil.java
index 02c8933cb..c09639163 100644
--- a/hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/SchemaTestUtil.java
+++ b/hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/SchemaTestUtil.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import org.apache.avro.io.DecoderFactory;
 public class SchemaTestUtil {
 
   public static Schema getSimpleSchema() throws IOException {
-    return new Schema.Parser().parse(SchemaTestUtil.class.getResourceAsStream("/simple-test.avro"));
+    return new Schema.Parser().parse(SchemaTestUtil.class.getResourceAsStream("/simple-test.avsc"));
   }
 
   public static List<IndexedRecord> generateTestRecords(int from, int limit) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class SchemaTestUtil {
   }
 
   public static Schema getEvolvedSchema() throws IOException {
-    return new Schema.Parser().parse(SchemaTestUtil.class.getResourceAsStream("/simple-test-evolved.avro"));
+    return new Schema.Parser().parse(SchemaTestUtil.class.getResourceAsStream("/simple-test-evolved.avsc"));
   }
 
   public static List<IndexedRecord> generateEvolvedTestRecords(int from, int limit)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class SchemaTestUtil {
   }
 
   public static Schema getComplexEvolvedSchema() throws IOException {
-    return new Schema.Parser().parse(SchemaTestUtil.class.getResourceAsStream("/complex-test-evolved.avro"));
+    return new Schema.Parser().parse(SchemaTestUtil.class.getResourceAsStream("/complex-test-evolved.avsc"));
   }
 
   public static GenericRecord generateAvroRecordFromJson(Schema schema, int recordNumber, String commitTime,
diff --git a/hoodie-common/src/test/resources/complex-test-evolved.avro b/hoodie-common/src/test/resources/complex-test-evolved.avsc
similarity index 100%
rename from hoodie-common/src/test/resources/complex-test-evolved.avro
rename to hoodie-common/src/test/resources/complex-test-evolved.avsc
diff --git a/hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test-evolved.avro b/hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test-evolved.avsc
similarity index 100%
rename from hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test-evolved.avro
rename to hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test-evolved.avsc
diff --git a/hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test.avro b/hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test.avsc
similarity index 100%
rename from hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test.avro
rename to hoodie-common/src/test/resources/simple-test.avsc
diff --git a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/hadoop/HoodieInputFormatTest.java b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/hadoop/HoodieInputFormatTest.java
index 779184e0a..0ba1c5a82 100644
--- a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/hadoop/HoodieInputFormatTest.java
+++ b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/hadoop/HoodieInputFormatTest.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class HoodieInputFormatTest {
   //TODO enable this after enabling predicate pushdown
   public void testPredicatePushDown() throws IOException {
     // initial commit
-    Schema schema = InputFormatTestUtil.readSchema("/sample1.avro");
+    Schema schema = InputFormatTestUtil.readSchema("/sample1.avsc");
     String commit1 = "20160628071126";
     File partitionDir = InputFormatTestUtil.prepareParquetDataset(basePath, schema, 1, 10, commit1);
     InputFormatTestUtil.commit(basePath, commit1);
diff --git a/hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/resources/sample1.avro b/hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/resources/sample1.avsc
similarity index 100%
rename from hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/resources/sample1.avro
rename to hoodie-hadoop-mr/src/test/resources/sample1.avsc
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d77f8f23c..a3731096c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
               <exclude>**/*.sh</exclude>
               <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
               <exclude>**/dependency-reduced-pom.xml</exclude>
-              <exclude>**/test/resources/*.avro</exclude>
+              <exclude>**/test/resources/*.avsc</exclude>
               <exclude>**/test/resources/*.data</exclude>
               <exclude>**/test/resources/*.schema</exclude>
               <exclude>**/test/resources/*.csv</exclude>