diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8488fc2c..11b5a342 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           branch: master
           file_pattern: 'pom.xml */pom.xml README.md docs/index.md docs/guide/**'
       - name: package release
-        run: mvn --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=/usr/bin/chromedriver clean install --settings .github/settings.xml
+        run: mvn --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress clean install --settings .github/settings.xml
         env:
           BZ_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BZ_TOKEN }}
           OCTOPERF_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OCTOPERF_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/pom.xml b/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/pom.xml
index 7a5898ed..d129b9a2 100644
--- a/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/pom.xml
+++ b/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.blazemeter</groupId>
       <artifactId>jmeter-parallel</artifactId>
-      <version>0.11</version>
+      <version>0.12</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
diff --git a/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/src/test/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/parallel/ParallelControllerTest.java b/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/src/test/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/parallel/ParallelControllerTest.java
index 67121f05..1c17eae5 100644
--- a/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/src/test/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/parallel/ParallelControllerTest.java
+++ b/jmeter-java-dsl-parallel/src/test/java/us/abstracta/jmeter/javadsl/parallel/ParallelControllerTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import static us.abstracta.jmeter.javadsl.JmeterDsl.testPlan;
 import static us.abstracta.jmeter.javadsl.JmeterDsl.threadGroup;
 import static us.abstracta.jmeter.javadsl.parallel.ParallelController.parallelController;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@
 import us.abstracta.jmeter.javadsl.JmeterDslTest;
 import us.abstracta.jmeter.javadsl.codegeneration.MethodCallBuilderTest;
 import us.abstracta.jmeter.javadsl.core.DslTestPlan;
+import us.abstracta.jmeter.javadsl.core.TestPlanStats;
+
 
 public class ParallelControllerTest extends JmeterDslTest {
 
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ public class ParallelControllerTest extends JmeterDslTest {
   public void shouldExecuteRequestsInParallelWhenRequestsInsideParallelController()
       throws Exception {
     CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(2);
-    testPlan(
+    TestPlanStats stats  = testPlan(
         threadGroup(1, 1,
             parallelController(
                 httpSampler(wiremockUri)
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ public void shouldExecuteRequestsInParallelWhenRequestsInsideParallelController(
             )
         )
     ).run();
+    assertThat(stats.overall().samplesCount()).isEqualTo(2);
   }
 
   @Nested
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4143e65..5019304f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <junit-platform.version>1.9.1</junit-platform.version>
     <assertj-core.version>3.23.1</assertj-core.version>
     <jackson.version>2.14.2</jackson.version>
-    <selenium.version>4.18.0</selenium.version>
+    <selenium.version>4.19.1</selenium.version>
     <!-- same version as JMeter dependency -->
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
     <retrofit.version>2.9.0</retrofit.version>