diff --git a/.github/workflows/samples-java-client-jdk11.yaml b/.github/workflows/samples-java-client-jdk11.yaml
index a7192ba5a4..36f60ff356 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/samples-java-client-jdk11.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/samples-java-client-jdk11.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
           - samples/client/petstore/java/webclient-swagger2
           - samples/client/petstore/java/vertx
           - samples/client/petstore/java/jersey2-java8-localdatetime
-          - samples/client/petstore/java/resteasy
           - samples/client/petstore/java/google-api-client
           - samples/client/petstore/java/rest-assured
           - samples/client/petstore/java/rest-assured-jackson
@@ -78,4 +77,4 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
       - name: Build
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.sample }}
-        run: mvn clean package
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: mvn clean package
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 170805b2e8..09ea815293 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@
                 <module>samples/client/others/java/okhttp-gson-streaming</module>
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/java/okhttp-gson</module>
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/java/okhttp-gson-3.1</module>
+                <module>samples/client/petstore/java/resteasy</module>
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/java-micronaut-client</module>
                 <module>samples/client/petstore/java/apache-httpclient</module>
             </modules>
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/java/resteasy/src/test/java/org/openapitools/client/api/PetApiTest.java b/samples/client/petstore/java/resteasy/src/test/java/org/openapitools/client/api/PetApiTest.java
index 2f86327bab..6612ffc628 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/java/resteasy/src/test/java/org/openapitools/client/api/PetApiTest.java
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/java/resteasy/src/test/java/org/openapitools/client/api/PetApiTest.java
@@ -14,20 +14,21 @@
 package org.openapitools.client.api;
 
 import org.openapitools.client.ApiException;
-import java.io.File;
 import org.openapitools.client.model.ModelApiResponse;
 import org.openapitools.client.model.Pet;
-import java.util.Set;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * API tests for PetApi
@@ -170,17 +171,19 @@ public class PetApiTest {
      *          if the Api call fails
      */
     @Test
-    public void uploadFileTest() throws ApiException {
-        //
-        //Long petId = null;
-        //
-        //String additionalMetadata = null;
-        //
-        //File _file = null;
-        //
-        //ModelApiResponse response = api.uploadFile(petId, additionalMetadata, _file);
-
-        // TODO: test validations
+    public void uploadFileTest() throws Exception {
+        Long petId = 1L;
+        String additionalMetadata = "additoinal data";
+        File file = new File("test.txt");
+        if(!file.exists()){
+            file.createNewFile();
+        }
+        FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(file);
+        fw.write("testing only");
+        fw.close();
+        file.deleteOnExit();
+        ModelApiResponse response = api.uploadFile(petId, additionalMetadata, file);
+        Assert.assertEquals((long)response.getCode(), 200);
     }
     /**
      * uploads an image (required)