diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subregionsubelement-ns.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subregionsubelement-ns.xml
index 9dca5d0a..490aab4f 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subregionsubelement-ns.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subregionsubelement-ns.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 	<gfe:replicated-region id="Parent" persistent="false">
 		<gfe:replicated-region name="Child" persistent="false">
-			<gfe:async-event-queue name="testQueue" maximum-queue-memory="50" parallel="true" dispatcher-threads="4"
+			<gfe:async-event-queue name="testQueue" maximum-queue-memory="50" parallel="false" dispatcher-threads="4"
 								   order-policy="KEY">
 				<gfe:async-event-listener>
 					<bean class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.SubRegionSubElementNamespaceTest.TestNoOpAsyncEventListener"/>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 	<gfe:replicated-region id="Orders" persistent="false">
 		<gfe:replicated-region name="Items" persistent="false">
-			<gfe:gateway-sender remote-distributed-system-id="21" name="testSender" parallel="true"
+			<gfe:gateway-sender remote-distributed-system-id="21" name="testSender" parallel="false"
 								manual-start="true"/>
 		</gfe:replicated-region>
 	</gfe:replicated-region>