diff --git a/examples/jms/colocated-failover-scale-down/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverScaleDownExample.java b/examples/jms/colocated-failover-scale-down/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverScaleDownExample.java
index 29f54c3207..147f65b6f1 100644
--- a/examples/jms/colocated-failover-scale-down/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverScaleDownExample.java
+++ b/examples/jms/colocated-failover-scale-down/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverScaleDownExample.java
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ public class ColocatedFailoverScaleDownExample
          // Step 7. Crash server #0, the live server, and wait a little while to make sure
          // it has really crashed
          ServerUtil.killServer(server0);
-         Thread.sleep(5000);
+         System.out.println("Waiting for scale-down to complete...");
+         Thread.sleep(10000);
 
          // Step 8. start the connection ready to receive messages
          connection1.start();
diff --git a/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverExample.java b/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverExample.java
index ad62419bf8..c5bb765c46 100644
--- a/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverExample.java
+++ b/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/jms/example/ColocatedFailoverExample.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class ColocatedFailoverExample
          // Step 7. Crash server #0, the live server, and wait a little while to make sure
          // it has really crashed
          ServerUtil.killServer(server0);
+         Thread.sleep(10000);
 
          // Step 8. start the connection ready to receive messages
          connection.start();
diff --git a/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml b/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml
index b38d7647fe..0a4103fe52 100644
--- a/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml
+++ b/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server0/broker.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ under the License.
                <master>
                   <failover-on-shutdown>true</failover-on-shutdown>
                </master>
-               <slave/>
+               <slave>
+                  <failover-on-shutdown>true</failover-on-shutdown>
+               </slave>
             </colocated>
          </shared-store>
       </ha-policy>
diff --git a/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server1/broker.xml b/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server1/broker.xml
index f0dd08894b..8083f2760b 100644
--- a/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server1/broker.xml
+++ b/examples/jms/colocated-failover/src/main/resources/activemq/server1/broker.xml
@@ -86,8 +86,12 @@ under the License.
                <backup-request-retry-interval>2000</backup-request-retry-interval>
                <max-backups>1</max-backups>
                <request-backup>true</request-backup>
-               <master/>
-               <slave/>
+               <master>
+                  <failover-on-shutdown>true</failover-on-shutdown>
+               </master>
+               <slave>
+                  <failover-on-shutdown>true</failover-on-shutdown>
+               </slave>
             </colocated>
          </shared-store>
       </ha-policy>