diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
index 7e7935800..c2f9701ce 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/pom.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@
             <version>${junit_jupiter_version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hl7.fhir.testcases</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fhir-test-cases</artifactId>
+            <version>${validator_test_case_version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/BaseTestingUtilities.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/BaseTestingUtilities.java
index e37599dd1..9ea29ecf8 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/BaseTestingUtilities.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/tests/BaseTestingUtilities.java
@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 package org.hl7.fhir.utilities.tests;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.TextFile;
+import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.Utilities;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.TextFile;
-import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.Utilities;
-
 public class BaseTestingUtilities {
 
   static public boolean silent;
 
   public static String loadTestResource(String... paths) throws IOException {
+    /**
+     * This 'if' condition checks to see if the fhir-test-cases project (https://github.com/FHIR/fhir-test-cases) is
+     * installed locally at the same directory level as the core library project is. If so, the test case data is read
+     * directly from that project, instead of the imported maven dependency jar. It is important, that if you want to
+     * test against the dependency imported from sonatype nexus, instead of your local copy, you need to either change
+     * the name of the project directory to something other than 'fhir-test-cases', or move it to another location, not
+     * at the same directory level as the core project.
+     */
     if (new File("../../fhir-test-cases").exists() && isTryToLoadFromFileSystem()) {
       String n = Utilities.path(System.getProperty("user.dir"), "..", "..", "fhir-test-cases", Utilities.path(paths));
       // ok, we'll resolve this locally
       return TextFile.fileToString(new File(n));
     } else {
-      // resolve from the package 
+      // resolve from the package
       String contents;
       String classpath = ("/org/hl7/fhir/testcases/" + Utilities.pathURL(paths));
       try (InputStream inputStream = BaseTestingUtilities.class.getResourceAsStream(classpath)) {
@@ -81,4 +89,4 @@ public class BaseTestingUtilities {
   }
 
 
-}
+}
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