diff --git a/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/Serialization.java b/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/Serialization.java
index 9394a8236f..dea97ca82e 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/Serialization.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/common/util/Serialization.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 public class Serialization {
 
@@ -65,19 +66,28 @@ public static <T> T unmarshal(File file) throws IOException {
   }
 
   public static <T> T unmarshal(File file, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException {
-    try (InputStream fis = Files.newInputStream(file.toPath())) {
+    return unmarshal(file.toPath(), clazz);
+  }
+
+  public static <T> T unmarshal(File file, TypeReference<T> type) throws IOException {
+    return unmarshal(file.toPath(), type);
+  }
+
+  public static <T> T unmarshal(Path file, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException {
+    try (InputStream fis = Files.newInputStream(file)) {
       return unmarshal(fis, clazz);
     }
   }
 
-  public static <T> T unmarshal(File file, TypeReference<T> type) throws IOException {
-    try (InputStream fis = Files.newInputStream(file.toPath())) {
+  public static <T> T unmarshal(Path file, TypeReference<T> type) throws IOException {
+    try (InputStream fis = Files.newInputStream(file)) {
       return unmarshal(fis, type);
     }
   }
-  public static <T> T unmarshal(URL url, Class<T> type) throws IOException {
+
+  public static <T> T unmarshal(URL url, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException {
     try (InputStream is = url.openStream()){
-      return unmarshal(is, type);
+      return unmarshal(is, clazz);
     }
   }
 
@@ -95,8 +105,8 @@ public static <T> T unmarshal(InputStream is, TypeReference<T> type) {
     return KUBERNETES_SERIALIZATION.unmarshal(is, type);
   }
 
-  public static <T> T unmarshal(String string, Class<T> type) {
-    return KUBERNETES_SERIALIZATION.unmarshal(string, type);
+  public static <T> T unmarshal(String string, Class<T> clazz) {
+    return KUBERNETES_SERIALIZATION.unmarshal(string, clazz);
   }
 
   public static <T> T unmarshal(String string, TypeReference<T> type) {
diff --git a/jkube-kit/helm/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/resource/helm/HelmServiceTest.java b/jkube-kit/helm/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/resource/helm/HelmServiceTest.java
index 7a200c75c4..d7df3633ea 100644
--- a/jkube-kit/helm/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/resource/helm/HelmServiceTest.java
+++ b/jkube-kit/helm/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/kit/resource/helm/HelmServiceTest.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void generateHelmCharts() throws IOException {
     helmService.generateHelmCharts(helmConfig.build());
     // Then
     final Map<String, Object> chartYaml = Serialization.unmarshal(
-      helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("Chart.yaml").toFile(),
+      helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("Chart.yaml"),
       new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
     assertThat(chartYaml)
       .contains(
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void generateHelmCharts_withValidChartYamlFragment_usesMergedChart() throws Exce
     new HelmService(jKubeConfiguration, resourceServiceConfig, new KitLogger.SilentLogger())
       .generateHelmCharts(helmConfig.build());
     // Then
-    final Map<?, ?> savedChart = Serialization.unmarshal(helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("Chart.yaml").toFile(), Map.class);
+    final Map<?, ?> savedChart = Serialization.unmarshal(helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("Chart.yaml"), Map.class);
     assertThat(savedChart)
       .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("apiVersion", "v1")
       .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("name", "name-from-fragment")
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ void generateHelmCharts_withValidValuesYamlFragment_usesMergedValues() throws Ex
     new HelmService(jKubeConfiguration, resourceServiceConfig, new KitLogger.SilentLogger())
       .generateHelmCharts(helmConfig.build());
     // Then
-    final Map<?, ?> savedValues = Serialization.unmarshal(helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("values.yaml").toFile(), Map.class);
+    final Map<?, ?> savedValues = Serialization.unmarshal(helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("values.yaml"), Map.class);
     assertThat(savedValues)
       .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("replaceableProperty", "the-value")
       .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("replicaCount", 1)
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void createChartYamlWithDependencies() throws Exception {
     helmService.generateHelmCharts(helmConfig.build());
     // Then
     final Map<String, Object> chartYaml = Serialization.unmarshal(
-      helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("Chart.yaml").toFile(),
+      helmOutputDirectory.resolve("kubernetes").resolve("Chart.yaml"),
       new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
     assertThat(chartYaml)
       .contains(
diff --git a/kubernetes-maven-plugin/plugin/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/maven/plugin/mojo/build/HelmMojoTest.java b/kubernetes-maven-plugin/plugin/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/maven/plugin/mojo/build/HelmMojoTest.java
index 7bd498bbba..cfe32f3f3f 100644
--- a/kubernetes-maven-plugin/plugin/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/maven/plugin/mojo/build/HelmMojoTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-maven-plugin/plugin/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jkube/maven/plugin/mojo/build/HelmMojoTest.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void executeInternal_findTemplatesFromProvidedFile() throws Exception {
       .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("metadata.name", "the-template-for-params");
     final Map<String, Object> savedChart = Serialization.unmarshal(
       projectDir.resolve("target").resolve("jkube").resolve("helm").resolve("empty-project")
-        .resolve("kubernetes").resolve("values.yaml").toFile(), new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
+        .resolve("kubernetes").resolve("values.yaml"), new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
     assertThat(savedChart).containsEntry("key", "value");
   }