diff --git a/activeio/activeio-core/pom.xml b/activeio/activeio-core/pom.xml
index e405f3a02f..c5647e3c63 100644
--- a/activeio/activeio-core/pom.xml
+++ b/activeio/activeio-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-    Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation
-   
-    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-    You may obtain a copy of the License at
-   
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-   
-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-    limitations under the License.
+  Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+  
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
 -->
 <project>
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <artifactId>activeio-core</artifactId>
   <name>ActiveIO :: Core</name>
   <description>A high performance IO abstraction framework</description>
-  
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
 
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
+      <!-- Configure which tests are included/excuded -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <includes>
+            <include>**/*Test.*</include>
+          </includes>
+          <excludes>
+            <!-- This test often hangs -->
+            <exclude>**/ChannelFactoryTest.*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -51,7 +65,7 @@
       <groupId>backport-util-concurrent</groupId>
       <artifactId>backport-util-concurrent</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -92,7 +106,7 @@
       <artifactId>geronimo-j2ee</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
-    
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>