diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/ProductInfoRepositoryIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/ProductInfoRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
index 6cbd5b0a5a..61de1163b8 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/ProductInfoRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-dynamodb/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/ProductInfoRepositoryIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.baeldung.spring.data.dynamodb.repository;
 
+import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
 import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDB;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBClient;
 import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.datamodeling.DynamoDBMapper;
 import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model.CreateTableRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model.ProvisionedThroughput;
@@ -10,17 +12,24 @@ import com.baeldung.spring.data.dynamodb.model.ProductInfo;
 import com.baeldung.spring.data.dynamodb.repositories.ProductInfoRepository;
 import com.baeldung.spring.data.dynamodb.repository.rule.LocalDbCreationRule;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
-import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
@@ -31,23 +40,40 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 @SpringBootTest(classes = Application.class)
 @WebAppConfiguration
 @ActiveProfiles("local")
-@TestPropertySource(properties = { "amazon.dynamodb.endpoint=http://localhost:8000/", "amazon.aws.accesskey=test1", "amazon.aws.secretkey=test231" })
 public class ProductInfoRepositoryIntegrationTest {
 
     @ClassRule
     public static LocalDbCreationRule dynamoDB = new LocalDbCreationRule();
-
-    private DynamoDBMapper dynamoDBMapper;
+    private static DynamoDBMapper dynamoDBMapper;
+    private static AmazonDynamoDB amazonDynamoDB;
 
     @Autowired
-    private AmazonDynamoDB amazonDynamoDB;
+    private ProductInfoRepository repository;
 
-    @Autowired
-    ProductInfoRepository repository;
+    private static final String DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT = "amazon.dynamodb.endpoint";
+    private static final String AWS_ACCESSKEY = "amazon.aws.accesskey";
+    private static final String AWS_SECRETKEY = "amazon.aws.secretkey";
 
     private static final String EXPECTED_COST = "20";
     private static final String EXPECTED_PRICE = "50";
 
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setupClass() {
+        Properties testProperties = loadFromFileInClasspath("application.properties")
+            .filter(properties -> !isEmpty(properties.getProperty(AWS_ACCESSKEY)))
+            .filter(properties -> !isEmpty(properties.getProperty(AWS_SECRETKEY)))
+            .filter(properties -> !isEmpty(properties.getProperty(DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT)))
+            .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("Unable to get all of the required test property values"));
+
+        String amazonAWSAccessKey = testProperties.getProperty(AWS_ACCESSKEY);
+        String amazonAWSSecretKey = testProperties.getProperty(AWS_SECRETKEY);
+        String amazonDynamoDBEndpoint = testProperties.getProperty(DYNAMODB_ENDPOINT);
+
+        amazonDynamoDB = new AmazonDynamoDBClient(new BasicAWSCredentials(amazonAWSAccessKey, amazonAWSSecretKey));
+        amazonDynamoDB.setEndpoint(amazonDynamoDBEndpoint);
+        dynamoDBMapper = new DynamoDBMapper(amazonDynamoDB);
+    }
+
     @Before
     public void setup() throws Exception {
 
@@ -77,4 +103,28 @@ public class ProductInfoRepositoryIntegrationTest {
         assertThat(result.size(), is(greaterThan(0)));
         assertThat(result.get(0).getCost(), is(equalTo(EXPECTED_COST)));
     }
+
+    private static boolean isEmpty(String inputString) {
+        return inputString == null || "".equals(inputString);
+    }
+
+    private static Optional<Properties> loadFromFileInClasspath(String fileName) {
+        InputStream stream = null;
+        try {
+            Properties config = new Properties();
+            Path configLocation = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource(fileName).toURI());
+            stream = Files.newInputStream(configLocation);
+            config.load(stream);
+            return Optional.of(config);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        } finally {
+            if (stream != null) {
+                try {
+                    stream.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }