diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 147493d..b85feda 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -541,6 +541,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dashmap"
+version = "5.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "978747c1d849a7d2ee5e8adc0159961c48fb7e5db2f06af6723b80123bb53856"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "lock_api",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_arbitrary"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -644,6 +657,83 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3dcaa9ae7725d12cdb85b3ad99a434db70b468c09ded17e012d86b5c1010f7a7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "645c6916888f6cb6350d2550b80fb63e734897a8498abe35cfb732b6487804b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-channel"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eac8f7d7865dcb88bd4373ab671c8cf4508703796caa2b1985a9ca867b3fcb78"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-core"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dfc6580bb841c5a68e9ef15c77ccc837b40a7504914d52e47b8b0e9bbda25a1d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-executor"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a576fc72ae164fca6b9db127eaa9a9dda0d61316034f33a0a0d4eda41f02b01d"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-io"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a44623e20b9681a318efdd71c299b6b222ed6f231972bfe2f224ebad6311f0c1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-sink"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fb8e00e87438d937621c1c6269e53f536c14d3fbd6a042bb24879e57d474fb5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-task"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38d84fa142264698cdce1a9f9172cf383a0c82de1bddcf3092901442c4097004"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-util"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d6401deb83407ab3da39eba7e33987a73c3df0c82b4bb5813ee871c19c41d48"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -1095,6 +1185,29 @@ version = "6.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2355d85b9a3786f481747ced0e0ff2ba35213a1f9bd406ed906554d7af805a1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3742b2c103b9f06bc9fff0a37ff4912935851bee6d36f3c02bcc755bcfec228f"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.9.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c42a9226546d68acdd9c0a280d17ce19bfe27a46bf68784e4066115788d008e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -1107,6 +1220,18 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "plotters"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -1354,6 +1479,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rosenpass-to",
  "rosenpass-util",
  "serde",
+ "serial_test",
  "stacker",
  "static_assertions",
  "test_bin",
@@ -1548,6 +1674,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test"
+version = "3.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "953ad9342b3aaca7cb43c45c097dd008d4907070394bd0751a0aa8817e5a018d"
+dependencies = [
+ "dashmap",
+ "futures",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "serial_test_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serial_test_derive"
+version = "3.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b93fb4adc70021ac1b47f7d45e8cc4169baaa7ea58483bc5b721d19a26202212"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1563,6 +1714,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.9.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e9c27da..347a327 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,3 +60,4 @@ chacha20poly1305 = { version = "0.10.1", default-features = false, features = [
 zerocopy = { version = "0.7.32", features = ["derive"] }
 home = "0.5.9"
 procspawn = "1.0.0"
+serial_test = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/rosenpass/Cargo.toml b/rosenpass/Cargo.toml
index fbd74e4..1417f0a 100644
--- a/rosenpass/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rosenpass/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 criterion = { workspace = true }
 test_bin = { workspace = true }
 stacker = { workspace = true }
-procspawn = {workspace = true}
\ No newline at end of file
+procspawn = {workspace = true}
+serial_test = {workspace = true}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rosenpass/tests/integration_test.rs b/rosenpass/tests/integration_test.rs
index b4e9c7b..a605674 100644
--- a/rosenpass/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/rosenpass/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::{fs, net::UdpSocket, path::PathBuf, process::Stdio, time::Duration};
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use rosenpass::{app_server::AppServerTestFlags, cli::CliArgs};
+use serial_test::serial;
 
 const BIN: &str = "rosenpass";
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ fn find_udp_socket() -> Option<u16> {
 
 // check that we can exchange keys
 #[test]
+#[serial]
 fn check_exchange_under_normal() {
     let tmpdir = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_TARGET_TMPDIR")).join("exchange");
     fs::create_dir_all(&tmpdir).unwrap();
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ fn check_exchange_under_normal() {
 // check that we can trigger a DoS condition  and we can exchange keys under DoS
 // This test creates a responder (server) with the feature flag "integration_test_always_under_load" to always be under load condition for the test.
 #[test]
+#[serial]
 fn check_exchange_under_dos() {
     procspawn::init();