diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisChannelParserTests.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisChannelParserTests.java
index 8b9bac8678..440bbc61fb 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisChannelParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisChannelParserTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.redis.config;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.jedis.JedisConnectionFactory;
@@ -49,16 +50,25 @@ public class RedisChannelParserTests extends RedisAvailableTests{
 
 	@Test
 	@RedisAvailable
-	public void testPubSubChannelUsage(){
+	public void testPubSubChannelUsage() throws Exception {
 		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("RedisChannelParserTests-context.xml", this.getClass());
 		SubscribableChannel redisChannel = context.getBean("redisChannel", SubscribableChannel.class);
-		redisChannel.subscribe(new MessageHandler() {
-			
+		final Message<?> m = new GenericMessage<String>("Hello Redis");
+		
+		final Marker marker = Mockito.mock(Marker.class);
+		redisChannel.subscribe(new MessageHandler() {		
 			public void handleMessage(Message<?> message) throws MessagingException {
-				System.out.println("Message: " + message);
+				assertEquals(m.getPayload(), message.getPayload());
+				marker.mark();
 			}
 		});
-		redisChannel.send(new GenericMessage<String>("Hello Redis"));
+		redisChannel.send(m);
+		Thread.sleep(1000);
+		Mockito.verify(marker, Mockito.times(1)).mark();
+		System.out.println("done");
 	}
 	
+	interface Marker {
+		void mark();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index 73e32e7193..c74b1db4f8 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisInboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ public class RedisInboundChannelAdapterParserTests extends RedisAvailableTests{
 
 	@Test 
 	@RedisAvailable
-	public void testInboundChannelAdapterMessaging() {
+	public void testInboundChannelAdapterMessaging() throws Exception{
 		JedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new JedisConnectionFactory();
 		connectionFactory.setPort(7379);
 		connectionFactory.afterPropertiesSet();
 		connectionFactory.getConnection().publish("foo".getBytes(), "Hello Redis from foo".getBytes());
+		Thread.sleep(1000);
 		QueueChannel receiveChannel = context.getBean("receiveChannel", QueueChannel.class);
 		assertEquals("Hello Redis from foo", receiveChannel.receive(1000).getPayload());
 		connectionFactory.getConnection().publish("bar".getBytes(), "Hello Redis from bar".getBytes());
diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index 3f0b23ce84..8370958466 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/config/RedisOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ public class RedisOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests extends RedisAvailableTests{
  
 	@Test 
 	@RedisAvailable
-	public void testOutboundChannelAdapterMessaging(){
+	public void testOutboundChannelAdapterMessaging() throws Exception{
 		MessageChannel sendChannel = context.getBean("sendChannel", MessageChannel.class);
 		sendChannel.send(new GenericMessage<String>("Hello Redis"));
+		Thread.sleep(1000);
 		QueueChannel receiveChannel = context.getBean("receiveChannel", QueueChannel.class);
 		assertEquals("Hello Redis", receiveChannel.receive(1000).getPayload());
 	}
diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/inbound/RedisInboundChannelAdapterTests.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/inbound/RedisInboundChannelAdapterTests.java
index 844bae549d..c0e5dc39b7 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/inbound/RedisInboundChannelAdapterTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/inbound/RedisInboundChannelAdapterTests.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class RedisInboundChannelAdapterTests extends RedisAvailableTests{
 	@Test 
 	@RedisAvailable
 	public void testRedisInboundChannelAdapter() throws Exception {
-		int numToTest = 100;
+		int numToTest = 10;
 		String redisChannelName = "testRedisInboundChannelAdapterChannel";
 		QueueChannel channel = new QueueChannel();
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisPublishingMessageHandlerTests.java b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisPublishingMessageHandlerTests.java
index 7763cbe3fd..db5b94deff 100644
--- a/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisPublishingMessageHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/redis/outbound/RedisPublishingMessageHandlerTests.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class RedisPublishingMessageHandlerTests extends RedisAvailableTests{
 	@Test 
 	@RedisAvailable
 	public void testRedisPublishingMessageHandler() throws Exception {
-		int numToTest = 100;
+		int numToTest = 10;
 		String topic = "si.test.channel";
 		final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(numToTest);
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class RedisPublishingMessageHandlerTests extends RedisAvailableTests{
 		container.afterPropertiesSet();
 		container.addMessageListener(listener, Collections.<Topic>singletonList(new ChannelTopic(topic)));
 		container.start();
-		Thread.sleep(500);
+		Thread.sleep(1000);
 
 		final RedisPublishingMessageHandler handler = new RedisPublishingMessageHandler(connectionFactory);
 		handler.setDefaultTopic(topic);