diff --git a/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/integrationTest/kotlin/MediaEndpointTest.kt b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/integrationTest/kotlin/MediaEndpointTest.kt
index 5ac672aa..8b77edf6 100644
--- a/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/integrationTest/kotlin/MediaEndpointTest.kt
+++ b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/integrationTest/kotlin/MediaEndpointTest.kt
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import uniffi.wp_api.MediaCreateParams
 import uniffi.wp_api.MediaListParams
 import uniffi.wp_api.SparseMediaFieldWithEditContext
+import uniffi.wp_api.WpAuthenticationProvider
+import java.io.File
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
 import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 
 private const val MEDIA_ID_611: Long = 611
 
 class MediaEndpointTest {
-    private val client = defaultApiClient()
+    private val client = mediaApiClient()
 
     @Test
     fun testMediaListRequest() = runTest {
@@ -74,4 +76,29 @@ class MediaEndpointTest {
         assertEquals(title, response.title.rendered)
         restoreTestServer()
     }
+
+    fun mediaApiClient(): WpApiClient {
+        val testCredentials = TestCredentials.INSTANCE
+        val authProvider = WpAuthenticationProvider.staticWithUsernameAndPassword(
+            username = testCredentials.adminUsername, password = testCredentials.adminPassword
+        )
+        val requestExecutor = WpRequestExecutor(
+            fileResolver = FileResolverMock()
+        )
+        return WpApiClient(
+            wpOrgSiteApiRootUrl = testCredentials.apiRootUrl,
+            authProvider = authProvider,
+            requestExecutor = requestExecutor
+        )
+    }
+
+    class FileResolverMock: FileResolver {
+        // in order to properly resolve the file from the test assets, we need to do it in the following way
+        override fun getFile(path: String): File? =
+            WpAuthenticationProvider::class.java.classLoader?.getResource(path)?.file?.let {
+                File(
+                    it
+                )
+            }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/DefaultFileResolver.kt b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/DefaultFileResolver.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f9a072c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/DefaultFileResolver.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package rs.wordpress.api.kotlin
+
+import java.io.File
+
+class DefaultFileResolver : FileResolver {
+    override fun getFile(path: String): File? = File(path)
+}
diff --git a/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/FileResolver.kt b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/FileResolver.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9569d3ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/FileResolver.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package rs.wordpress.api.kotlin
+
+import java.io.File
+
+interface FileResolver {
+    fun getFile(path: String): File?
+}
diff --git a/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/WpRequestExecutor.kt b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/WpRequestExecutor.kt
index dcc6462b..474fc2ed 100644
--- a/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/WpRequestExecutor.kt
+++ b/native/kotlin/api/kotlin/src/main/kotlin/rs/wordpress/api/kotlin/WpRequestExecutor.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ const val USER_AGENT_HEADER_NAME = "User-Agent"
 
 class WpRequestExecutor(
     private val httpClient: WpHttpClient = WpHttpClient.DefaultHttpClient(),
-    private val dispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO
+    private val dispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO,
+    private val fileResolver: FileResolver = DefaultFileResolver()
 ) : RequestExecutor {
     override suspend fun execute(request: WpNetworkRequest): WpNetworkResponse =
         withContext(dispatcher) {
@@ -88,13 +89,10 @@ class WpRequestExecutor(
             mediaUploadRequest.mediaParams().forEach { (k, v) ->
                 multipartBodyBuilder.addFormDataPart(k, v)
             }
-            val filePath = mediaUploadRequest.filePath()
-            val file =
-                WpRequestExecutor::class.java.classLoader?.getResource(filePath)?.file?.let {
-                    File(
-                        it
-                    )
-                } ?: throw MediaUploadRequestExecutionException.MediaFileNotFound(filePath)
+            val file = fileResolver.getFile(mediaUploadRequest.filePath())
+            if (file == null || !file.canBeUploaded()) {
+                throw MediaUploadRequestExecutionException.MediaFileNotFound(mediaUploadRequest.filePath())
+            }
             multipartBodyBuilder.addFormDataPart(
                 name = "file",
                 filename = file.name,
@@ -124,6 +122,8 @@ class WpRequestExecutor(
     override suspend fun sleep(millis: ULong) {
         delay(millis.toLong())
     }
+
+    private fun File.canBeUploaded() = exists() && isFile && canRead()
 }
 
 private fun RequestExecutionErrorReason.Companion.unknownHost(e: UnknownHostException) =