diff --git a/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/main.tf b/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/main.tf
index d76f3a1bf..a68f56e63 100644
--- a/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/main.tf
+++ b/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/main.tf
@@ -18,6 +18,60 @@ terraform {
 # See test/terraform_aws_s3_example_test.go for how to write automated tests for this code.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# Deploy and configure test S3 bucket with versioning and access log
+resource "aws_s3_bucket" "test_bucket" {
+  bucket = "${local.aws_account_id}-${var.tag_bucket_name}"
+
+  tags = {
+    Name        = var.tag_bucket_name
+    Environment = var.tag_bucket_environment
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3_bucket_logging" "test_bucket" {
+  bucket        = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket.id
+  target_bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket_logs.id
+  target_prefix = "TFStateLogs/"
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3_bucket_versioning" "test_bucket" {
+  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket.id
+  versioning_configuration {
+    status = "Enabled"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3_bucket_acl" "test_bucket" {
+  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket.id
+  acl    = "private"
+}
+
+
+# Deploy S3 bucket to collect access logs for test bucket
+resource "aws_s3_bucket" "test_bucket_logs" {
+  bucket = "${local.aws_account_id}-${var.tag_bucket_name}-logs"
+
+  tags = {
+    Name        = "${local.aws_account_id}-${var.tag_bucket_name}-logs"
+    Environment = var.tag_bucket_environment
+  }
+
+  force_destroy = true
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3_bucket_acl" "test_bucket_logs" {
+  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket_logs.id
+  acl    = "log-delivery-write"
+}
+
+# Configure bucket access policies
+
+resource "aws_s3_bucket_policy" "bucket_access_policy" {
+  count  = var.with_policy ? 1 : 0
+  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket.id
+  policy = data.aws_iam_policy_document.s3_bucket_policy.json
+}
+
 data "aws_iam_policy_document" "s3_bucket_policy" {
   statement {
     effect = "Allow"
@@ -56,43 +110,6 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "s3_bucket_policy" {
   }
 }
 
-resource "aws_s3_bucket" "test_bucket_logs" {
-  bucket = "${local.aws_account_id}-${var.tag_bucket_name}-logs"
-  acl    = "log-delivery-write"
-
-  tags = {
-    Name        = "${local.aws_account_id}-${var.tag_bucket_name}-logs"
-    Environment = var.tag_bucket_environment
-  }
-
-  force_destroy = true
-}
-
-resource "aws_s3_bucket" "test_bucket" {
-  bucket = "${local.aws_account_id}-${var.tag_bucket_name}"
-  acl    = "private"
-
-  versioning {
-    enabled = true
-  }
-
-  logging {
-    target_bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket_logs.id
-    target_prefix = "TFStateLogs/"
-  }
-
-  tags = {
-    Name        = var.tag_bucket_name
-    Environment = var.tag_bucket_environment
-  }
-}
-
-resource "aws_s3_bucket_policy" "bucket_access_policy" {
-  count  = var.with_policy ? 1 : 0
-  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket.id
-  policy = data.aws_iam_policy_document.s3_bucket_policy.json
-}
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # LOCALS
 # Used to represent any data that requires complex expressions/interpolations
diff --git a/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/outputs.tf b/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/outputs.tf
index 21001977a..8a9719a4f 100644
--- a/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/outputs.tf
+++ b/examples/terraform-aws-s3-example/outputs.tf
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ output "bucket_arn" {
 }
 
 output "logging_target_bucket" {
-  value = tolist(aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket.logging)[0].target_bucket
+  value = aws_s3_bucket_logging.test_bucket.target_bucket
 }
 
 output "logging_target_prefix" {
-  value = tolist(aws_s3_bucket.test_bucket.logging)[0].target_prefix
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  value = aws_s3_bucket_logging.test_bucket.target_prefix
+}
diff --git a/modules/terraform/apply_test.go b/modules/terraform/apply_test.go
index 2cabcfe8a..ce7f2f0ac 100644
--- a/modules/terraform/apply_test.go
+++ b/modules/terraform/apply_test.go
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ func TestIdempotentWithChanges(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestParallelism(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
+	// This test depends on precise timing of the concurrent parallel calls in terraform, so we need to run this test
+	// serially by itself so that other concurrent test runs won't influence the timing.
 
 	testFolder, err := files.CopyTerraformFolderToTemp("../../test/fixtures/terraform-parallelism", t.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)