diff --git a/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/BaseJpaPollingChannelAdapterTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/BaseJpaPollingChannelAdapterTests-context.xml
index b7ffe26af3..a38a34e83b 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/BaseJpaPollingChannelAdapterTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/BaseJpaPollingChannelAdapterTests-context.xml
@@ -1,60 +1,61 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
-	xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
-	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
-	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
-	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
+	xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc" xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.2.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/task http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">
 
-    <jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="H2"/>
+	<jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="H2" />
 
-    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
+	<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />
 
-    <jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource" ignore-failures="DROPS" >
-        <jdbc:script location="classpath:H2-DropTables.sql" />
-        <jdbc:script location="classpath:H2-CreateTables.sql" />
-        <jdbc:script location="classpath:H2-PopulateData.sql" />
-    </jdbc:initialize-database>
+	<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource"
+		ignore-failures="DROPS">
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:H2-DropTables.sql" />
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:H2-CreateTables.sql" />
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:H2-PopulateData.sql" />
+	</jdbc:initialize-database>
 
 	<bean id="lc"
 		class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
 		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
 		<property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
-	        <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter" >
-	            <property name="showSql" value="true"/>
-	        </bean>
-        </property>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
+				<property name="showSql" value="true" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="em"
-        class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.SharedEntityManagerBean">
-        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="lc" />
-    </bean>
-
+		class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.SharedEntityManagerBean">
+		<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="lc" />
+	</bean>
 
 	<!-- Define the JPA transaction mgr -->
 	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
 		<constructor-arg ref="lc" />
 	</bean>
 
-<!--  -->
+	<task:executor id="taskExecutor" pool-size="5" queue-capacity="10" />
+	<int:channel id="outputChannel">
+		<int:dispatcher task-executor="taskExecutor" />
+	</int:channel>
 
-    <int:service-activator id="consumerEndpoint" input-channel="outputChannel" ref="consumer" method="receive" />
+	<int:service-activator id="consumerEndpoint"
+		input-channel="outputChannel" ref="consumer" method="receive" />
 
-    <bean id="consumer" class="org.springframework.integration.jpa.test.Consumer" />
+	<bean id="consumer" class="org.springframework.integration.jpa.test.Consumer" />
 
-    <bean id="testtrigger" class="org.springframework.integration.jpa.test.TestTrigger" />
+	<bean id="testtrigger" class="org.springframework.integration.jpa.test.TestTrigger" />
 
-    <int:poller id="defaultPoller" default="true" fixed-rate="10000" />
+	<int:poller id="defaultPoller" default="true" fixed-rate="10000" />
 
-    <int:poller id="jpaPoller" trigger="testtrigger">
-        <int:transactional transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
-    </int:poller>
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
+	<int:poller id="jpaPoller" trigger="testtrigger">
+		<int:transactional transaction-manager="transactionManager" />
+	</int:poller>
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests.java b/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests.java
index c947c5cfb2..b88da471a1 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jpa/inbound/JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 /**
  * Integration tests for the Jpa Polling Channel Adapter {@link JpaPollingChannelAdapter}.
@@ -264,7 +263,6 @@ public class JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests {
 	 */
 	@Test
 	@DirtiesContext
-	@Transactional
 	public void testWithJpaQueryAndDelete() throws Exception {
 		testTrigger.reset();
 
@@ -307,7 +305,6 @@ public class JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests {
 
 	@Test
 	@DirtiesContext
-	@Transactional
 	public void testWithJpaQueryButNoResultsAndDelete() throws Exception {
 		testTrigger.reset();
 
@@ -322,15 +319,14 @@ public class JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests {
 				jpaPollingChannelAdapter, this.outputChannel, this.poller, this.context, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
 		adapter.start();
 
-		//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-		final List<Message<Collection<?>>> received = new ArrayList<Message<Collection<?>>>();
+		Thread.sleep(1000);
 
 		final Consumer consumer = new Consumer();
 
+		final List<Message<Collection<?>>> received = new ArrayList<Message<Collection<?>>>();
 		received.add(consumer.poll(5000));
 
-		Message<Collection<?>> message = received.get(0);
+		final Message<Collection<?>> message = received.get(0);
 
 		adapter.stop();
 
@@ -362,27 +358,26 @@ public class JpaPollingChannelAdapterTests {
 				jpaPollingChannelAdapter, this.outputChannel, this.poller, this.context, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
 		adapter.start();
 
-		//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-		final List<Message<Collection<?>>> received = new ArrayList<Message<Collection<?>>>();
+		Thread.sleep(1000);
 
 		final Consumer consumer = new Consumer();
 
+		final List<Message<Collection<?>>> received = new ArrayList<Message<Collection<?>>>();
 		received.add(consumer.poll(5000));
 
-		Message<Collection<?>> message = received.get(0);
+		final Message<Collection<?>> message = received.get(0);
 
-		//adapter.stop();
+		adapter.stop();
 
 		assertNotNull("Message is null.", message);
 		assertNotNull(message.getPayload());
 		assertTrue(message.getPayload() instanceof Collection<?>);
 
-		Collection<?> students = message.getPayload();
+		final Collection<?> students = message.getPayload();
 
 		assertTrue(students.size() == 3);
 
-		Long studentCount = entityManager.createQuery("select count(*) from Student", Long.class).getSingleResult();
+		final Long studentCount = entityManager.createQuery("select count(*) from Student", Long.class).getSingleResult();
 
 		assertEquals(Long.valueOf(0), studentCount);