diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 19e9477..1dc6e57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout opendata-java
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Checkout opendata
-        run: git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/opendata-oss/opendata.git ../opendata
-
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0bcdad..9198da6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ Prerequisites:
 - Rust toolchain
 - Java 17+
 - Maven 3.8+
-- Local clone of [opendata](https://github.com/opendata-oss/opendata) as sibling directory
-
 ```bash
-# Build native library
+# Build native library (fetches opendata dependency via git automatically)
 cd log/native
 cargo build --release
 
-# Build Java modules
+# Build and test Java modules
 cd ../..
-mvn clean install
+mvn verify -Djava.library.path=log/native/target/release
 ```
diff --git a/log/native/Cargo.lock b/log/native/Cargo.lock
index 2e0652b..e2e3083 100644
--- a/log/native/Cargo.lock
+++ b/log/native/Cargo.lock
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "common"
 version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/opendata-oss/opendata.git#74d36908ffa729652ba665cd335f01b661bcfc0c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -1318,6 +1319,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/opendata-oss/opendata.git#74d36908ffa729652ba665cd335f01b661bcfc0c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/log/native/Cargo.toml b/log/native/Cargo.toml
index 46e281b..fdf7685 100644
--- a/log/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/log/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,12 +11,5 @@ jni = "0.21"
 bytes = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time"] }
 
-# Local path to opendata crates (sibling directory)
-# Assumes: ../opendata/ and ../opendata-java/ are siblings
-[dependencies.log]
-package = "log"
-path = "../../../opendata/log"
-
-[dependencies.common]
-package = "common"
-path = "../../../opendata/common"
+log = { git = "https://github.com/opendata-oss/opendata.git" }
+common = { git = "https://github.com/opendata-oss/opendata.git" }