diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java
index 1d41acc154..e739c69e0e 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/C3P0ConnectionProviderTest.java
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ public class C3P0ConnectionProviderTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 				// see according c3p0 settings in META-INF/persistence.xml
 
 				int actual_minPoolSize = (Integer) mBeanServer.getAttribute( obj, "minPoolSize" );
-				assertEquals( 50, actual_minPoolSize );
+				assertEquals( 0, actual_minPoolSize );
 
 				int actual_initialPoolSize = (Integer) mBeanServer.getAttribute( obj, "initialPoolSize" );
-				assertEquals( 50, actual_initialPoolSize );
+				assertEquals( 0, actual_initialPoolSize );
 
 				int actual_maxPoolSize = (Integer) mBeanServer.getAttribute( obj, "maxPoolSize" );
 				assertEquals( 800, actual_maxPoolSize );
diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index 715af2a80a..a9771a4751 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ hibernate.connection.username @jdbc.user@
 hibernate.connection.password @jdbc.pass@
 hibernate.connection.init_sql @connection.init_sql@
 
-hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
-hibernate.c3p0.min_size 50
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 1
+hibernate.c3p0.min_size 0
 hibernate.c3p0.max_size 800
 hibernate.c3p0.max_statements 50
 hibernate.jdbc.batch_size 10
diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-envers/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index ee0335d31b..9bf6f31b39 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ hibernate.connection.username @jdbc.user@
 hibernate.connection.password @jdbc.pass@
 hibernate.connection.init_sql @connection.init_sql@
 
-hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 2
 
 hibernate.show_sql false
 
diff --git a/hibernate-jcache/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-jcache/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index c6fe2b13e5..8fb6df197a 100644
--- a/hibernate-jcache/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-jcache/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ hibernate.connection.username @jdbc.user@
 hibernate.connection.password @jdbc.pass@
 hibernate.connection.init_sql @connection.init_sql@
 
-hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 2
 
 hibernate.cache.region_prefix hibernate.test
 
diff --git a/hibernate-micrometer/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-micrometer/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index 2c24a30557..2ee66ddcdd 100644
--- a/hibernate-micrometer/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-micrometer/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ hibernate.connection.username @jdbc.user@
 hibernate.connection.password @jdbc.pass@
 hibernate.connection.init_sql @connection.init_sql@
 
-hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 1
 
 hibernate.show_sql false
 hibernate.format_sql true
diff --git a/hibernate-proxool/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-proxool/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index a216660df5..b297114d5f 100644
--- a/hibernate-proxool/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-proxool/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ hibernate.connection.username @jdbc.user@
 hibernate.connection.password @jdbc.pass@
 hibernate.connection.init_sql @connection.init_sql@
 
-hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 1
 hibernate.jdbc.batch_size 10
 hibernate.connection.provider_class org.hibernate.connection.ProxoolConnectionProvider
 hibernate.proxool.properties pool-one.properties
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index da2810bf86..3419a7a578 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ hibernate.connection.url @jdbc.url@
 hibernate.connection.username @jdbc.user@
 hibernate.connection.password @jdbc.pass@
 
-hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 1
 
 hibernate.show_sql false
 hibernate.format_sql true
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-testing/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index f8b17c08cd..41e1e1af44 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ hibernate.connection.username @jdbc.user@
 hibernate.connection.password @jdbc.pass@
 hibernate.connection.init_sql @connection.init_sql@
 
-hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 1
 
 hibernate.show_sql false
 hibernate.format_sql true