diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
index bf4913056..9790a1a65 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ public class SparkDedupTest implements Serializable {
 			.toAbsolutePath()
 			.toString();
 
-		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testOutputBasePath));
 		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testDedupGraphBasePath));
+		FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(testOutputBasePath));
 
 		final SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
 		conf.set("spark.sql.shuffle.partitions", "200");