diff --git a/samples/javaconfig/gemfire-p2p/src/main/java/sample/Config.java b/samples/javaconfig/gemfire-p2p/src/main/java/sample/Config.java
index 5412223..dc83900 100644
--- a/samples/javaconfig/gemfire-p2p/src/main/java/sample/Config.java
+++ b/samples/javaconfig/gemfire-p2p/src/main/java/sample/Config.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.session.data.gemfire.config.annotation.web.http.Enabl
 
 // tag::class[]
 @PeerCacheApplication(name = "SpringSessionDataGeodeJavaConfigP2pSample", logLevel = "error") // <1>
-@EnableGemFireHttpSession // <2>
+@EnableGemFireHttpSession(maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds = 30) // <2>
 public class Config {
 
 }
diff --git a/samples/xml/gemfire-p2p/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/session.xml b/samples/xml/gemfire-p2p/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/session.xml
index b88164b..6496454 100644
--- a/samples/xml/gemfire-p2p/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/session.xml
+++ b/samples/xml/gemfire-p2p/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring/session.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
 	   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="
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@
 	<gfe:cache properties-ref="gemfireProperties"/>
 
 	<!--3-->
-	<bean class="org.springframework.session.data.gemfire.config.annotation.web.http.GemFireHttpSessionConfiguration"/>
+	<bean class="org.springframework.session.data.gemfire.config.annotation.web.http.GemFireHttpSessionConfiguration"
+		p:maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds="30"/>
 	<!-- end::beans[] -->
 
 </beans>