diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/TemplateRegionsNamespaceTests-context.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/TemplateRegionsNamespaceTests-context.xml
index b577711d..fc8b6ec3 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/TemplateRegionsNamespaceTests-context.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/TemplateRegionsNamespaceTests-context.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	   xmlns:gfe="http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire"
 	   xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	   xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
 	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	   xsi:schemaLocation="
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
 	   	http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
 ">
 
-	<gfe:cache/>
+	<util:properties id="gemfireProperties">
+		<prop key="name">TemplateRegionsNamespaceTest</prop>
+		<prop key="mcast-port">0</prop>
+		<prop key="log-level">warning</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+
+	<gfe:cache properties-ref="gemfireProperties"/>
 
 	<gfe:async-event-queue id="TestAsyncEventQueue" persistent="false" parallel="true" dispatcher-threads="4">
 		<gfe:async-event-listener>
@@ -106,7 +114,7 @@
 		<gfe:subscription type="ALL"/>
 	</gfe:partitioned-region>
 
-	<gfe:partitioned-region id="Neighbor" persistent="false"/>
+	<gfe:partitioned-region id="Neighbor" persistent="true" copies="2" total-buckets="91"/>
 
 	<!-- LOCAL Region -->