diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
index 9171fc59..ff50323e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
 import org.springframework.ws.transport.WebServiceConnection;
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ public class HttpUrlConnection extends AbstractHttpSenderConnection {
      */
 
     public URI getUri() throws URISyntaxException {
-        return ResourceUtils.toURI(connection.getURL());
+        return new URI(StringUtils.replace(connection.getURL().toString(), " ", "%20"));
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/sax/SaxUtils.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/sax/SaxUtils.java
index 2bbecd6c..02db0129 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/sax/SaxUtils.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/sax/SaxUtils.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.xml.sax;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
@@ -49,11 +50,14 @@ public abstract class SaxUtils {
     /** Retrieves the URL from the given resource as System ID. Returns <code>null</code> if it cannot be openened. */
     public static String getSystemId(Resource resource) {
         try {
-            return resource.getURI().toString();
+            return resource.getURL().toURI().toString();
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
             return null;
         }
+        catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
 }