diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4cb2019d..d09dcfebd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
         <uri-constructor.version>2.0.6</uri-constructor.version>
 
         <axe-scanner-version>2.11.0</axe-scanner-version>
-        <allure-cucumber7-jvm.version>2.29.0</allure-cucumber7-jvm.version>
-        <allure-report.version>2.29.0</allure-report.version>
+        <allure-cucumber7-jvm.version>2.29.1</allure-cucumber7-jvm.version>
+        <allure-report.version>2.29.1</allure-report.version>
 
         <slf4j.version>2.22.0</slf4j.version>
         <slf4j-log4j12.version>2.22.0</slf4j-log4j12.version>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java b/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java
index c57bf6bcc..ee8b980d7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 public class CustomRunner implements ParallelExecutionConfiguration, ParallelExecutionConfigurationStrategy  {
-    private static final int FIXED_PARALLELISM = 4;
+    private static final int FIXED_PARALLELISM = 3;
 
     static {
         System.out.println("THREADS: " + FIXED_PARALLELISM);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties b/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties
index 7d737b134..02f900191 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cucumber.publish.quiet=true
 cucumber.execution.parallel.enabled = true
-cucumber.execution.parallel.config.strategy = custom
+cucumber.execution.parallel.config.strategy = fixed
 cucumber.execution.execution-mode.feature= concurrent
-#cucumber.execution.parallel.config.fixed.parallelism=3
-cucumber.execution.parallel.config.custom.class=org.dvsa.testing.framework.parallel.CustomRunner
\ No newline at end of file
+cucumber.execution.parallel.config.fixed.parallelism=3
+#cucumber.execution.parallel.config.custom.class=org.dvsa.testing.framework.parallel.CustomRunner
\ No newline at end of file