diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py b/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py
index 71f2f351e..ec6a21b77 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py
@@ -828,10 +828,7 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def _export_import_barcodes(self, *, split_manifest: bool) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        shutil.copytree(
-            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
-            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
-        )
+        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
         DocumentBarcodeFactory(document=self.d1, value="https://example.com")
         DocumentBarcodeFactory(document=self.d2, page=2, value="DE8937")
 
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py b/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
index 61e7772d9..a5def0944 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -279,14 +279,7 @@ class TestUpdateContent(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
 
     def _create_root_with_version(self) -> tuple[Document, Document]:
         sample1 = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
-        shutil.copy(
-            Path(__file__).parent
-            / "samples"
-            / "documents"
-            / "originals"
-            / "0000001.pdf",
-            sample1,
-        )
+        shutil.copy(SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF, sample1)
         root = DocumentFactory(content="root content", mime_type="application/pdf")
         version = DocumentFactory(
             content="my document",
diff --git a/src/paperless/tests/parsers/conftest.py b/src/paperless/tests/parsers/conftest.py
index 2175e3667..5e834e959 100644
--- a/src/paperless/tests/parsers/conftest.py
+++ b/src/paperless/tests/parsers/conftest.py
@@ -456,6 +456,18 @@ def simple_png_file(tesseract_samples_dir: Path) -> Path:
     return tesseract_samples_dir / "simple.png"
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def rotated_pdf_file(tesseract_samples_dir: Path) -> Path:
+    """Path to a landscape (rotated) PDF sample file.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Path
+        Absolute path to ``tesseract/rotated.pdf``.
+    """
+    return tesseract_samples_dir / "rotated.pdf"
+
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tesseract parser instance and settings helpers
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py b/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py
index ff451dbeb..a44d23bec 100644
--- a/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py
+++ b/src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py
@@ -282,17 +282,17 @@ class TestGetThumbnail:
         assert thumb.is_file()
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        ("filename", "expected_height"),
+        ("sample_fixture", "expected_height"),
         [
-            pytest.param("simple-digital.pdf", 647, id="portrait-letter"),
-            pytest.param("rotated.pdf", 386, id="landscape"),
+            pytest.param("simple_digital_pdf_file", 647, id="portrait-letter"),
+            pytest.param("rotated_pdf_file", 386, id="landscape"),
         ],
     )
     def test_thumbnail_is_correct_format_and_size(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
-        filename: str,
+        request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
+        sample_fixture: str,
         expected_height: int,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class TestGetThumbnail:
             - A 500px wide WebP keeping the page's aspect ratio
         """
         thumb = tesseract_parser.get_thumbnail(
-            tesseract_samples_dir / filename,
+            request.getfixturevalue(sample_fixture),
             "application/pdf",
         )
         with Image.open(thumb) as im:
diff --git a/src/paperless/tests/test_parser_utils.py b/src/paperless/tests/test_parser_utils.py
index a56d0ac9e..ed20a024b 100644
--- a/src/paperless/tests/test_parser_utils.py
+++ b/src/paperless/tests/test_parser_utils.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class TestGetPdfFirstPageSizePoints:
         pdf.save(path)
         return path
 
-    def test_letter_sample(self) -> None:
+    def test_letter_sample(self, simple_digital_pdf_file: Path) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
             - A US Letter sample PDF with no CropBox and no rotation
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class TestGetPdfFirstPageSizePoints:
         THEN:
             - The MediaBox size in points is returned
         """
-        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(SAMPLES / "simple-digital.pdf") == (
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(simple_digital_pdf_file) == (
             612.0,
             792.0,
         )
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ class TestGetPdfFirstPageSizePoints:
     def test_pdfinfo_not_installed_returns_none(
         self,
         mocker: MockerFixture,
+        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class TestGetPdfFirstPageSizePoints:
             - None is returned and nothing is raised
         """
         mocker.patch("subprocess.run", side_effect=FileNotFoundError("pdfinfo"))
-        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(SAMPLES / "simple-digital.pdf") is None
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(simple_digital_pdf_file) is None
 
     def test_degenerate_box_returns_none(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         """
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class TestGetPdfFirstPageSizePoints:
         bad.write_bytes(b"not a pdf")
         assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(bad) is None
 
-    def test_encrypted_pdf_returns_none(self) -> None:
+    def test_encrypted_pdf_returns_none(self, parser_samples_dir: Path) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
             - A password protected PDF
@@ -258,7 +259,8 @@ class TestGetPdfFirstPageSizePoints:
         THEN:
             - None is returned and nothing is raised
         """
-        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(SAMPLES / "encrypted.pdf") is None
+        encrypted = parser_samples_dir / "tesseract" / "encrypted.pdf"
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(encrypted) is None
 
 
 class TestPostProcessText: