diff --git a/pulsar-jms/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/pulsar/jms/AcknowledgementModeTest.java b/pulsar-jms/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/pulsar/jms/AcknowledgementModeTest.java
index 38a28301..d658e2c6 100644
--- a/pulsar-jms/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/pulsar/jms/AcknowledgementModeTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-jms/src/test/java/com/datastax/oss/pulsar/jms/AcknowledgementModeTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import javax.jms.CompletionListener;
 import javax.jms.Connection;
 import javax.jms.JMSConsumer;
 import javax.jms.JMSContext;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import javax.jms.Queue;
 import javax.jms.Session;
 import javax.jms.TextMessage;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
 @Timeout(30)
+@Slf4j
 public class AcknowledgementModeTest {
 
   @TempDir public static Path tempDir;
@@ -77,7 +80,57 @@ public void testAUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE() throws Exception {
 
           try (MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(destination); ) {
             assertEquals("foo", consumer.receive().getStringProperty("test"));
-            // message is automatically acknowledged on receive
+            // message is automatically acknowledged on receive,
+            // but, as we are not setting ackReceiptEnabled, the acknowledgement does not wait
+            // for the server to return success or failure
+          }
+
+          try (MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(destination); ) {
+            assertNull(consumer.receive(100));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE_ackReceipt() throws Exception {
+    Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>();
+    properties.put("webServiceUrl", cluster.getAddress());
+    Map<String, Object> consumerConfig = new HashMap<>();
+    consumerConfig.put("ackReceiptEnabled", true);
+    properties.put("consumerConfig", consumerConfig);
+    try (PulsarConnectionFactory factory = new PulsarConnectionFactory(properties); ) {
+      try (Connection connection = factory.createConnection()) {
+        connection.start();
+        try (Session session = connection.createSession(Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE); ) {
+          Queue destination =
+              session.createQueue("persistent://public/default/test-" + UUID.randomUUID());
+          try (MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(destination); ) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+              TextMessage textMsg = session.createTextMessage("foo");
+              textMsg.setStringProperty("test", "foo");
+              producer.send(
+                  textMsg,
+                  new CompletionListener() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onCompletion(Message message) {}
+
+                    @Override
+                    public void onException(Message message, Exception e) {}
+                  });
+            }
+          }
+
+          // the consumer waits for the confirmation of the ack
+          // with you set ackReceiptEnabled=false you will see
+          // that this test is notably faster
+          try (MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(destination); ) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+              assertEquals("foo", consumer.receive().getStringProperty("test"));
+              log.info("ack {}", i);
+              // message is automatically acknowledged on receive
+            }
           }
 
           try (MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(destination); ) {