diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AbstractCorrelatingMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AbstractCorrelatingMessageHandler.java
index 68433fecd22..01d1f44d060 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AbstractCorrelatingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AbstractCorrelatingMessageHandler.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public void setMinimumTimeoutForEmptyGroups(long minimumTimeoutForEmptyGroups) {
 	 */
 	public void setReleasePartialSequences(boolean releasePartialSequences) {
 		if (!this.releaseStrategySet && releasePartialSequences) {
-			setReleaseStrategy(new SequenceSizeReleaseStrategy());
+			setReleaseStrategy(new SequenceSizeReleaseStrategy(releasePartialSequences));
 		}
 		this.releasePartialSequences = releasePartialSequences;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AggregatorTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AggregatorTests.java
index 12369cd16a8..0e667a06d5f 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AggregatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/AggregatorTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ public void testAggPerf() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, Timeo
 	public void testAggPerfDefaultPartial() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
 		AggregatingMessageHandler handler = new AggregatingMessageHandler(new DefaultAggregatingMessageGroupProcessor());
 		handler.setCorrelationStrategy(message -> "foo");
-		handler.setReleasePartialSequences(true);
 		DirectChannel outputChannel = new DirectChannel();
 		handler.setOutputChannel(outputChannel);