diff --git a/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/pool/ConnectionPoolImpl.java b/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/pool/ConnectionPoolImpl.java
index 8a1dd9be72..c1dd2a4896 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/pool/ConnectionPoolImpl.java
+++ b/driver/src/main/java/org/neo4j/driver/internal/async/pool/ConnectionPoolImpl.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
@@ -165,7 +166,10 @@ public CompletionStage<Void> close()
             }
             finally
             {
-                eventLoopGroup().shutdownGracefully();
+                // This is an attempt to speed up the shut down procedure of the driver
+                // Feel free return this back to shutdownGracefully() method with default values
+                // if this proves troublesome!!!
+                eventLoopGroup().shutdownGracefully(200, 15_000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             }
         }
         return Futures.asCompletionStage( eventLoopGroup().terminationFuture() )
diff --git a/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/ExamplesIT.java b/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/ExamplesIT.java
index bca911dbe3..1135146896 100644
--- a/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/ExamplesIT.java
+++ b/examples/src/test/java/org/neo4j/docs/driver/ExamplesIT.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.emptyString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
@@ -462,20 +463,29 @@ void testSlf4jLogging() throws Exception
     {
         // log file is defined in logback-test.xml configuration file
         Path logFile = Paths.get( "target", "test.log" );
-        Files.deleteIfExists( logFile );
+        if ( Files.exists( logFile ) )
+        {
+            // delete file made this test flaky
+            // erase content instead
+            Files.write( logFile, new byte[0] );
+        }
+
+        // verify erased
+        String logFileContent = new String( Files.readAllBytes( logFile ), UTF_8 );
+        assertThat( logFileContent, is( emptyString() ) );
 
+        String randomString = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
         try ( Slf4jLoggingExample example = new Slf4jLoggingExample( uri, USER, PASSWORD ) )
         {
-            String randomString = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
             Object result = example.runReturnQuery( randomString );
             assertEquals( randomString, result );
+        }
+        assertTrue( Files.exists( logFile ) );
 
-            assertTrue( Files.exists( logFile ) );
+        logFileContent = new String( Files.readAllBytes( logFile ), UTF_8 );
+        assertThat( logFileContent, containsString( "RETURN $x" ) );
+        assertThat( logFileContent, containsString( randomString ) );
 
-            String logFileContent = new String( Files.readAllBytes( logFile ), UTF_8 );
-            assertThat( logFileContent, containsString( "RETURN $x" ) );
-            assertThat( logFileContent, containsString( randomString ) );
-        }
     }
 
     @Test