diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/CachedContentLoader.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/CachedContentLoader.java
index 77f94dbc3c7..c09df8a9b9c 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/CachedContentLoader.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/CachedContentLoader.java
@@ -18,9 +18,16 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public abstract class CachedContentLoader implements URIContentLoader {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CachedContentLoader.class);
+
     private static class NoCopyByteArrayInputStream extends ByteArrayInputStream {
         public NoCopyByteArrayInputStream(byte[] buf) {
             super(buf);
@@ -39,14 +46,46 @@ public synchronized byte[] readAllBytes() {
     }
 
     private final URI uri;
+    private URIContentLoader[] fallbackContentLoaders;
 
-    protected CachedContentLoader(URI uri) {
+    protected CachedContentLoader(URI uri, URIContentLoader... fallbackContentLoaders) {
         this.uri = uri;
+        this.fallbackContentLoaders = fallbackContentLoaders;
+    }
+
+    protected Optional<Path> internalGetPath() {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<Path> getPath() {
+        return internalGetPath().or(() -> {
+            for (URIContentLoader contentLoader : fallbackContentLoaders) {
+                Optional<Path> alternativePath = contentLoader.getPath();
+                if (alternativePath.isPresent()) {
+                    return alternativePath;
+                }
+            }
+            return Optional.empty();
+        });
     }
 
     @Override
     public InputStream getInputStream() {
-        return new NoCopyByteArrayInputStream(ResourceCacheFactory.getCache().get(uri, this::loadURI));
+        try {
+            return new NoCopyByteArrayInputStream(ResourceCacheFactory.getCache().get(uri, this::loadURI));
+        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+            for (URIContentLoader contentLoader : fallbackContentLoaders) {
+                try {
+                    InputStream stream = contentLoader.getInputStream();
+                    logger.warn("URI {} was retrieved using a fallback mechanism {} rather than original {}", uri, contentLoader.type(), type());
+                    return stream;
+                } catch (RuntimeException supressed) {
+                    ex.addSuppressed(supressed);
+                }
+            }
+            throw ex;
+        }
     }
 
     protected abstract byte[] loadURI(URI uri);
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoader.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoader.java
index 81f0b4f6c4c..f8895a1e61e 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoader.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoader.java
@@ -19,18 +19,20 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class ClassPathContentLoader extends CachedContentLoader {
 
     private final Optional<URL> resource;
-    private final String path;
+    private final String classpath;
 
-    ClassPathContentLoader(URI uri, Optional<ClassLoader> cl) {
-        super(uri);
-        this.path = getPath(uri);
-        this.resource = Optional.ofNullable(cl.orElse(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()).getResource(path));
+    ClassPathContentLoader(URI uri, Optional<ClassLoader> cl, URIContentLoader... fallbackContentLoaders) {
+        super(uri, fallbackContentLoaders);
+        this.classpath = getPath(uri);
+        this.resource = Optional.ofNullable(cl.orElse(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()).getResource(classpath));
     }
 
     static String getPath(URI uri) {
@@ -49,13 +51,26 @@ public Optional<URL> getResource() {
         return resource;
     }
 
-    public String getPath() {
-        return path;
+    @Override
+    protected Optional<Path> internalGetPath() {
+        return resource.map(ClassPathContentLoader::fromURL);
+    }
+
+    String classpath() {
+        return classpath;
+    }
+
+    private static Path fromURL(URL url) {
+        try {
+            return Path.of(url.toURI());
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URI " + url, e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     protected byte[] loadURI(URI uri) {
-        return resource.map(this::loadBytes).orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalArgumentException("cannot find classpath resource " + path));
+        return resource.map(this::loadBytes).orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalArgumentException("cannot find classpath resource " + classpath));
     }
 
     private byte[] loadBytes(URL r) {
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java
index 11b7caa6963..d828429b57b 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/FileContentLoader.java
@@ -20,25 +20,27 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class FileContentLoader extends CachedContentLoader {
 
     private final Path path;
 
-    FileContentLoader(URI uri) {
-        super(uri);
+    FileContentLoader(URI uri, URIContentLoader... fallbackContentLoaders) {
+        super(uri, fallbackContentLoaders);
         this.path = Path.of(getPath(uri));
     }
 
-    public Path getPath() {
-        return path;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public URIContentLoaderType type() {
         return URIContentLoaderType.FILE;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Optional<Path> internalGetPath() {
+        return Files.exists(path) ? Optional.of(path) : Optional.empty();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected byte[] loadURI(URI uri) {
         try {
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoader.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoader.java
index 531cfc74e97..00a4608090e 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoader.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoader.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 public interface URIContentLoader {
 
@@ -25,4 +27,6 @@ public interface URIContentLoader {
     InputStream getInputStream();
 
     URIContentLoaderType type();
+
+    Optional<Path> getPath();
 }
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java
index 02bf30edb09..c60e5dea0f6 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/URIContentLoaderFactory.java
@@ -123,17 +123,16 @@ public Builder withBaseURI(URI baseURI) {
         }
 
         public URIContentLoader build() {
-            if (baseURI != null) {
-                uri = compoundURI(baseURI, uri);
-            }
-            switch (URIContentLoaderType.from(uri)) {
+            final URI finalURI = baseURI != null ? compoundURI(baseURI, uri) : uri;
+            switch (URIContentLoaderType.from(finalURI)) {
                 default:
                 case FILE:
-                    return new FileContentLoader(uri);
+                    return new FileContentLoader(finalURI, new ClassPathContentLoader(uri, Optional.ofNullable(cl)));
                 case HTTP:
-                    return new HttpContentLoader(uri, Optional.ofNullable(workflow), authRef);
+                    return new HttpContentLoader(finalURI, Optional.ofNullable(workflow), authRef);
                 case CLASSPATH:
-                    return new ClassPathContentLoader(uri, Optional.ofNullable(cl));
+                    Optional<ClassLoader> optionalCl = Optional.ofNullable(cl);
+                    return finalURI == uri ? new ClassPathContentLoader(finalURI, optionalCl) : new ClassPathContentLoader(finalURI, optionalCl, new ClassPathContentLoader(uri, optionalCl));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoaderTest.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoaderTest.java
index 0e58c01ed03..205a2ec6f36 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoaderTest.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/io/ClassPathContentLoaderTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void testPrefixSlashPath() {
 
     void testPath(String prefix) {
         ClassPathContentLoader contentLoader = new ClassPathContentLoader(URI.create(prefix + PATH), Optional.empty());
-        assertThat(contentLoader.getPath()).isEqualTo(PATH);
+        assertThat(contentLoader.classpath()).isEqualTo(PATH);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java
index dfe9e4898dc..4ad695f4d03 100644
--- a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java
+++ b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/quarkus/serverless/workflow/rpc/WorkflowRPCCodeGenProvider.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 package org.kie.kogito.quarkus.serverless.workflow.rpc;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -27,8 +25,6 @@
 
 import org.kie.kogito.quarkus.serverless.workflow.WorkflowCodeGenUtils;
 import org.kie.kogito.quarkus.serverless.workflow.WorkflowOperationResource;
-import org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.io.ClassPathContentLoader;
-import org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.io.FileContentLoader;
 import org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.io.URIContentLoader;
 import org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.io.URIContentLoaderFactory;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -79,32 +75,18 @@ public boolean trigger(CodeGenContext context) throws CodeGenException {
     }
 
     public Optional<Path> getPath(WorkflowOperationResource resource, Path outputPath) {
+        logger.debug("Checking if resource {} should be written to {}", resource, outputPath);
         URIContentLoader contentLoader = resource.getContentLoader();
-        logger.debug("Checking if resource {} should be writen to {}", resource, outputPath);
-        switch (contentLoader.type()) {
-            case FILE:
-                return Optional.of(((FileContentLoader) contentLoader).getPath());
-            case CLASSPATH:
-                return ((ClassPathContentLoader) contentLoader).getResource().map(this::fromURL);
-            case HTTP:
-                try {
-                    Path tempPath = outputPath.resolve(resource.getOperationId().getFileName());
-                    Files.write(tempPath, URIContentLoaderFactory.readAllBytes(contentLoader));
-                    return Optional.of(tempPath);
-                } catch (IOException io) {
-                    throw new IllegalStateException(io);
-                }
-            default:
-                logger.warn("Unsupported content loader {}", contentLoader);
-                return Optional.empty();
+        Optional<Path> path = contentLoader.getPath();
+        if (path.isPresent()) {
+            return path;
         }
-    }
-
-    private Path fromURL(URL url) {
         try {
-            return Path.of(url.toURI());
-        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid URI " + url, e);
+            Path tempPath = outputPath.resolve(resource.getOperationId().getFileName());
+            Files.write(tempPath, URIContentLoaderFactory.readAllBytes(contentLoader));
+            return Optional.of(tempPath);
+        } catch (IOException io) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(io);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/asyncPublisher.sw.json b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/asyncPublisher.sw.json
index df9faed48bf..92643e41450 100644
--- a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/asyncPublisher.sw.json
+++ b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/asyncPublisher.sw.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     {
       "name": "publishEvent",
       "type": "asyncapi",
-      "operation": "classpath:specs/asyncAPI.yaml#sendWait" 
+      "operation": "specs/asyncAPI.yaml#sendWait" 
     }
   ],
   "states": [
diff --git a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/openAPIEnumParameter.sw.json b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/openAPIEnumParameter.sw.json
index 321be19f1a2..589cab4e150 100644
--- a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/openAPIEnumParameter.sw.json
+++ b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/openAPIEnumParameter.sw.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "functions": [
     {
       "name": "echoFunction",
-      "operation": "classpath:specs/enum-parameter.yaml#echo"
+      "operation": "specs/enum-parameter.yaml#echo"
     }
   ],
   "states": [
diff --git a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/rpcgreet.sw.json b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/rpcgreet.sw.json
index 6eb109f7d2c..502ff1b6fa9 100644
--- a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/rpcgreet.sw.json
+++ b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension-live-reload-test/src/test/resources/rpcgreet.sw.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     {
       "name": "sayHello",
       "type": "rpc",
-      "operation": "classpath:greeting.proto#Greeter#SayHello"
+      "operation": "greeting.proto#Greeter#SayHello"
     }
   ],
   "states": [