diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorFactory.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorFactory.java
index b630259471..3af458912e 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorFactory.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorFactory.java
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@
  *
  * <pre>
  * &lt;scatter-gather parallel-execution=(true | false)&gt;
- *   &lt;aggregation value-to-aggregate="expression" condition="expression" timeout="long"
+ *   &lt;aggregation value="expression" condition="expression" timeout="long"
  *     min-messages="expression" max-messages="expression"/&gt;
- *   &lt;target&gt;
- *     &lt;sequence&gt;
- *       (mediator)+
- *     &lt;/sequence&gt;
- *   &lt;/target&gt;+
+ *   &lt;sequence&gt;
+ *     (mediator)+
+ *   &lt;/sequence&gt;+
  * &lt;/scatter-gather&gt;
  * </pre>
  */
@@ -54,14 +52,16 @@ public class ScatterGatherMediatorFactory extends AbstractMediatorFactory {
             = new QName(XMLConfigConstants.SYNAPSE_NAMESPACE, "scatter-gather");
     private static final QName ELEMENT_AGGREGATE_Q
             = new QName(XMLConfigConstants.SYNAPSE_NAMESPACE, "aggregation");
-    private static final QName ATT_VALUE_TO_AGGREGATE = new QName("value-to-aggregate");
+    private static final QName ATT_VALUE_TO_AGGREGATE = new QName("value");
     private static final QName ATT_CONDITION = new QName("condition");
     private static final QName ATT_TIMEOUT = new QName("timeout");
     private static final QName ATT_MIN_MESSAGES = new QName("min-messages");
     private static final QName ATT_MAX_MESSAGES = new QName("max-messages");
-    private static final QName TARGET_Q = new QName(XMLConfigConstants.SYNAPSE_NAMESPACE, "target");
+    private static final QName SEQUENCE_Q = new QName(XMLConfigConstants.SYNAPSE_NAMESPACE, "sequence");
     private static final QName PARALLEL_EXEC_Q = new QName("parallel-execution");
 
+    private static final SequenceMediatorFactory fac = new SequenceMediatorFactory();
+
     public Mediator createSpecificMediator(OMElement elem, Properties properties) {
 
         boolean asynchronousExe = true;
@@ -76,11 +76,15 @@ public Mediator createSpecificMediator(OMElement elem, Properties properties) {
 
         mediator.setParallelExecution(asynchronousExe);
 
-        Iterator targetElements = elem.getChildrenWithName(TARGET_Q);
-        while (targetElements.hasNext()) {
-            Target target = TargetFactory.createTarget((OMElement) targetElements.next(), properties);
-            target.setAsynchronous(asynchronousExe);
-            mediator.addTarget(target);
+        Iterator sequenceListElements = elem.getChildrenWithName(SEQUENCE_Q);
+        while (sequenceListElements.hasNext()) {
+            OMElement sequence = (OMElement) sequenceListElements.next();
+            if (sequence != null) {
+                Target target = new Target();
+                target.setSequence(fac.createAnonymousSequence(sequence, properties));
+                target.setAsynchronous(asynchronousExe);
+                mediator.addTarget(target);
+            }
         }
 
         OMElement aggregateElement = elem.getFirstChildWithName(ELEMENT_AGGREGATE_Q);
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializer.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializer.java
index b585078f9a..78e3e8e44d 100755
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializer.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializer.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public OMElement serializeSpecificMediator(Mediator m) {
         OMElement aggregationElement = fac.createOMElement("aggregation", synNS);
 
         SynapsePathSerializer.serializePath(
-                scatterGatherMediator.getAggregationExpression(), aggregationElement, "value-to-aggregate");
+                scatterGatherMediator.getAggregationExpression(), aggregationElement, "value");
 
         if (scatterGatherMediator.getCorrelateExpression() != null) {
             SynapsePathSerializer.serializePath(
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ public OMElement serializeSpecificMediator(Mediator m) {
         scatterGatherElement.addChild(aggregationElement);
 
         for (Target target : scatterGatherMediator.getTargets()) {
-            if (target != null) {
-                scatterGatherElement.addChild(TargetSerializer.serializeTarget(target));
+            if (target != null && target.getSequence() != null) {
+                SequenceMediatorSerializer serializer = new SequenceMediatorSerializer();
+                serializer.serializeAnonymousSequence(scatterGatherElement, target.getSequence());
             }
         }
         serializeComments(scatterGatherElement, scatterGatherMediator.getCommentsList());
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializationTest.java b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializationTest.java
index bcef1aec66..a8572a5256 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializationTest.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/synapse/config/xml/ScatterGatherMediatorSerializationTest.java
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ public ScatterGatherMediatorSerializationTest() {
     public void testScatterGatherSerialization() {
 
         String inputXML = "<scatter-gather xmlns=\"http://ws.apache.org/ns/synapse\" parallel-execution=\"true\">" +
-                "<aggregation value-to-aggregate=\"json-eval($)\" /><target><sequence>" +
+                "<aggregation value=\"json-eval($)\" /><sequence>" +
                 "<payloadFactory media-type=\"json\"><format>{                    \"pet\": {                        " +
                 "\"name\": \"pet1\",                        \"type\": \"dog\"                    },                    " +
                 "\"status\": \"success\"                    }</format><args/></payloadFactory><log level=\"custom\">" +
-                "<property name=\"Message\" value=\"==== DONE scatter target 1 ====\"/></log></sequence></target>" +
-                "<target><sequence><call><endpoint><http method=\"GET\" uri-template=\"http://localhost:5454/api/pet2\"/>" +
+                "<property name=\"Message\" value=\"==== DONE scatter target 1 ====\"/></log></sequence>" +
+                "<sequence><call><endpoint><http method=\"GET\" uri-template=\"http://localhost:5454/api/pet2\"/>" +
                 "</endpoint></call><log level=\"custom\"><property name=\"Message\" value=\"==== DONE scatter target 2 ====\"/>" +
-                "</log></sequence></target></scatter-gather>";
+                "</log></sequence></scatter-gather>";
 
         assertTrue(serialization(inputXML, scatterGatherMediatorFactory, scatterGatherMediatorSerializer));
     }