diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 826c598e3dcdc84f9c3fb8622576a4cf3449dba3..c93a88df29493b3ba20aa7fbe51f6a97a5731273 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libslf4j-java (1.7.32-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fixed the hanging tests (#1060960)
+
+ -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:58:30 +0200
+
 libslf4j-java (1.7.32-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index f91044fa8a8d8f003d99a49239f3c1697a17523b..0d10ec22af72b5204e05cf1f29dea0ff549e84a2 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 slf4j-api-MANIFEST.patch
 disable-MultithreadedInitializationTest.patch
+surefire-settings.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/surefire-settings.patch b/debian/patches/surefire-settings.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..425ade68c3e3d90bad5c9511c771cf62878220b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/surefire-settings.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Description: Fixes the hanging tests
+Author: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
+Forwarded: not-needed
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/1060960
+--- a/pom.xml
++++ b/pom.xml
+@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
+         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+         <version>2.19.1</version>
+         <configuration>
+-          <forkCount>2C</forkCount>
++          <forkCount>1</forkCount>
+           <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+           <reportFormat>plain</reportFormat>
+           <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>