diff --git a/packages/bolt-connection/src/pool/pool.js b/packages/bolt-connection/src/pool/pool.js
index 60d0f104f..d23f8f8cf 100644
--- a/packages/bolt-connection/src/pool/pool.js
+++ b/packages/bolt-connection/src/pool/pool.js
@@ -292,16 +292,18 @@ class Pool {
 
   async _purgeKey (key) {
     const pool = this._pools[key]
+    const destructionList = []
     if (pool) {
       while (pool.length) {
         const resource = pool.pop()
         if (this._removeIdleObserver) {
           this._removeIdleObserver(resource)
         }
-        await this._destroy(resource)
+        destructionList.push(this._destroy(resource))
       }
       pool.close()
       delete this._pools[key]
+      await Promise.all(destructionList)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/bolt-connection/test/pool/pool.test.js b/packages/bolt-connection/test/pool/pool.test.js
index 75ab484c0..2037cd8b5 100644
--- a/packages/bolt-connection/test/pool/pool.test.js
+++ b/packages/bolt-connection/test/pool/pool.test.js
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ describe('#unit Pool', () => {
     expect(resource2.observer).toBeFalsy()
   })
 
-  it('should thrown aquisition timeout exception if resource takes longer to be created', async () => {
+  it('should thrown acquisition timeout exception if resource takes longer to be created', async () => {
     const address = ServerAddress.fromUrl('bolt://localhost:7687')
     const acquisitionTimeout = 1000
     let counter = 0
@@ -911,6 +911,43 @@ describe('#unit Pool', () => {
       expect(counter).toEqual(1)
     }
   })
+
+  it('should purge resources in parallel', async () => {
+    const address = ServerAddress.fromUrl('bolt://localhost:7687')
+    let resourceCount = 0
+    const resourcesReleased = []
+    let resolveRelease
+    const releasePromise = new Promise((resolve) => {
+      resolveRelease = resolve
+    })
+
+    const pool = new Pool({
+      create: (server, release) =>
+        Promise.resolve(new Resource(server, resourceCount++, release)),
+      destroy: res => {
+        resourcesReleased.push(res)
+        resourceCount--
+        // Only destroy when the last resource
+        // get destroyed
+        if (resourceCount === 0) {
+          resolveRelease()
+        }
+        return releasePromise
+      },
+      validate: res => true
+    })
+
+    const resource1 = await pool.acquire(address)
+    const resource2 = await pool.acquire(address)
+    await resource1.close()
+    await resource2.close()
+
+    await pool.purge(address)
+
+    expect(resourcesReleased).toEqual([
+      resource2, resource1
+    ])
+  })
 })
 
 function expectNoPendingAcquisitionRequests (pool) {
diff --git a/packages/neo4j-driver/test/temporal-types.test.js b/packages/neo4j-driver/test/temporal-types.test.js
index 240799259..39733e8fe 100644
--- a/packages/neo4j-driver/test/temporal-types.test.js
+++ b/packages/neo4j-driver/test/temporal-types.test.js
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ describe('#integration temporal-types', () => {
     await testSendAndReceiveRandomTemporalValues(() => randomLocalDateTime())
   }, 60000)
 
-  it('should send and receive random LocalDateTime', async () => {
+  it('should send and receive array of random LocalDateTime', async () => {
     if (neo4jDoesNotSupportTemporalTypes()) {
       return
     }