diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml
index a035e13da0..2edaa955b0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-mount.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ spring:
       reload:
         enabled: true
         monitoring-config-maps: true
-        strategy: shutdown
+        strategy: refresh
         mode: polling
-        period: 5000
+        period: 5s
       config:
         paths:
           - /tmp/application.properties
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-no-mount.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-no-mount.yaml
index 12bc7a05fd..4e98ed7073 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-no-mount.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-no-mount.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spring:
       reload:
         enabled: true
         monitoring-config-maps: true
-        strategy: shutdown
+        strategy: refresh
         mode: polling
-        period: 5000
+        period: 5s
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml
index c997322d16..2f71477613 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-reload/src/main/resources/application-with-bootstrap.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spring:
       reload:
         enabled: true
         monitoring-config-maps: true
-        strategy: shutdown
+        strategy: refresh
         mode: polling
-        period: 5000
+        period: 5s