diff --git a/docs/src/info/changelog.txt b/docs/src/info/changelog.txt
index be083c72..757eb528 100644
--- a/docs/src/info/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/src/info/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ SPRING DATA GEMFIRE CHANGELOG
 =============================
 http://www.springsource.org/spring-gemfire
 
+Changes in version 1.1.0.RELEASE (2011-12-14)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Package org.springframework.data.gemfire
+* Fixed incorrect parsing of pdx-serializer (from value to reference)
+
+
 Changes in version 1.1.0.RELEASE (2011-12-14)
 ---------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheParser.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheParser.java
index 69630ec1..192a0f2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheParser.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class CacheParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 
 		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "cache-xml-location", "cacheXml");
 		ParsingUtils.setPropertyReference(element, builder, "properties-ref", "properties");
-		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "pdx-serializer", "pdxSerializer");
+		ParsingUtils.setPropertyReference(element, builder, "pdx-serializer", "pdxSerializer");
 		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "pdx-disk-store", "pdxDiskStore");
 		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "pdx-persistent", "pdxPersistent");
 		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "pdx-read-serialized", "pdxReadSerialized");