diff --git a/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/LocallyRunOperatorExtension.java b/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/LocallyRunOperatorExtension.java
index e852455ebf..a174435f20 100644
--- a/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/LocallyRunOperatorExtension.java
+++ b/operator-framework-junit5/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/junit/LocallyRunOperatorExtension.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.junit;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -176,7 +178,9 @@ public static void applyCrd(String resourceTypeName, KubernetesClient client) {
       if (is == null) {
         throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot find CRD at " + path);
       }
-      final var crd = client.load(is);
+      var crdString = new String(is.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+      LOGGER.debug("Applying CRD: {}", crdString);
+      final var crd = client.load(new ByteArrayInputStream(crdString.getBytes()));
       crd.createOrReplace();
       Thread.sleep(CRD_READY_WAIT); // readiness is not applicable for CRD, just wait a little
       LOGGER.debug("Applied CRD with path: {}", path);
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource1.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource1.java
index ea06b6a12e..e050ccfb35 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource1.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource1.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @Group("sample.javaoperatorsdk")
 @Version("v1")
 @Kind("MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource")
-@ShortNames("mv1")
+@ShortNames("mvc")
 public class MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource1
     extends
     CustomResource<MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResourceSpec1, MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResourceStatus1>
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource2.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource2.java
index ddd8ef48aa..5f29c88c51 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource2.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/sample/multiversioncrd/MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource2.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 @Group("sample.javaoperatorsdk")
 @Version(value = "v2", storage = false)
 @Kind("MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource")
-@ShortNames("mv2")
+@ShortNames("mvc")
 public class MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResource2
     extends
     CustomResource<MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResourceSpec2, MultiVersionCRDTestCustomResourceStatus2>