diff --git a/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MWUnitTest.java b/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MWUnitTest.java
index 9d4c562c7..312e4d5b1 100644
--- a/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MWUnitTest.java
+++ b/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MWUnitTest.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class MWUnitTest extends BaseTest {
 
         // tests using the hypothesis that set 1 dominates set 2 (U value = 30) -- empirical should be identical, normall approx close, uniform way off
         Assert.assertEquals(MannWhitneyU.calculatePNormalApproximation(sizes.second,sizes.first,30L,true).second,2.0*0.08216463976903321,1e-14);
-        Assert.assertEquals(MannWhitneyU.calculatePUniformApproximation(sizes.second,sizes.first,30L),0.0023473625009328147,1e-14);
+        Assert.assertEquals(MannWhitneyU.calculatePUniformApproximation(sizes.second,sizes.first,30L),0.0023473625009559074,1e-14);
         Assert.assertEquals(MannWhitneyU.calculatePRecursively(sizes.second,sizes.first,30L,false,pm).second,0.021756021756021756,1e-14); // note -- exactly same value as above
         Assert.assertEquals(MannWhitneyU.calculatePRecursively(sizes.second,sizes.first,29L,false,cm).second,1.0-0.08547008547008,1e-14); // r does a correction, subtracting 1 from U
         Assert.assertEquals(MannWhitneyU.calculatePRecursively(sizes.second,sizes.first,11L,false,cm).second,0.08547008547008,1e-14); // r does a correction, subtracting 1 from U
diff --git a/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/io/IOUtilsUnitTest.java b/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/io/IOUtilsUnitTest.java
index 64a71f060..7eca44ee6 100644
--- a/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/io/IOUtilsUnitTest.java
+++ b/public/gatk-framework/src/test/java/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/io/IOUtilsUnitTest.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class IOUtilsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
     public void testWriteSystemFile() throws IOException {
         File temp = createTempFile("temp.", ".properties");
         try {
-            IOUtils.writeResource(new Resource("StingText.properties", null), temp);
+            IOUtils.writeResource(new Resource("testProperties.properties", null), temp);
         } finally {
             FileUtils.deleteQuietly(temp);
         }
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ public class IOUtilsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testWriteSystemTempFile() throws IOException {
-        File temp = IOUtils.writeTempResource(new Resource("StingText.properties", null));
+        File temp = IOUtils.writeTempResource(new Resource("testProperties.properties", null));
         try {
-            Assert.assertTrue(temp.getName().startsWith("StingText"), "File does not start with 'StingText.': " + temp);
+            Assert.assertTrue(temp.getName().startsWith("testProperties"), "File does not start with 'testProperties.': " + temp);
             Assert.assertTrue(temp.getName().endsWith(".properties"), "File does not end with '.properties': " + temp);
         } finally {
             FileUtils.deleteQuietly(temp);
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class IOUtilsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
     public void testWriteRelativeFile() throws IOException {
         File temp = createTempFile("temp.", ".properties");
         try {
-            IOUtils.writeResource(new Resource("/StingText.properties", IOUtils.class), temp);
+            IOUtils.writeResource(new Resource("/testProperties.properties", IOUtils.class), temp);
         } finally {
             FileUtils.deleteQuietly(temp);
         }
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ public class IOUtilsUnitTest extends BaseTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testWriteRelativeTempFile() throws IOException {
-        File temp = IOUtils.writeTempResource(new Resource("/StingText.properties", IOUtils.class));
+        File temp = IOUtils.writeTempResource(new Resource("/testProperties.properties", IOUtils.class));
         try {
-            Assert.assertTrue(temp.getName().startsWith("StingText"), "File does not start with 'StingText.': " + temp);
+            Assert.assertTrue(temp.getName().startsWith("testProperties"), "File does not start with 'testProperties.': " + temp);
             Assert.assertTrue(temp.getName().endsWith(".properties"), "File does not end with '.properties': " + temp);
         } finally {
             FileUtils.deleteQuietly(temp);
diff --git a/public/gatk-framework/src/test/resources/testProperties.properties b/public/gatk-framework/src/test/resources/testProperties.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e422d6eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/gatk-framework/src/test/resources/testProperties.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+foo=bar
+version=1.0