diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index eafb11b6f21e226fc68556a78d675dea94080140..07bab994d354df834d0667c69f307b2d7684fb22 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function(cc_test TARGET_NAME)
              COMMAND ${TARGET_NAME} ${cc_test_ARGS}
              WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     if (${cc_test_SERIAL})
-        set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY SERIAL 1)
+        set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY RUN_SERIAL 1)
     set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_init_allocated_mem=true)
     endif()
   endif()
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ function(nv_test TARGET_NAME)
     add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} paddle_gtest_main lod_tensor memory gtest gflags glog)
     add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
     if (nv_test_SERIAL)
-        set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY SERIAL 1)
+        set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY RUN_SERIAL 1)
     set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY ENVIRONMENT FLAGS_init_allocated_mem=true)
     endif()
   endif()
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index 322d76515e76c3d322ac7c4f989bbc95875cb654..43f68ff4592df6757691b06db52cf5e0e2ebc6d7 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function(py_test_modules TARGET_NAME)
              ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/test_runner.py ${py_test_modules_MODULES}
              WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
     if (py_test_modules_SERIAL)
-        set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY SERIAL 1)
+        set_property(TEST ${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTY RUN_SERIAL 1)
     endif()
   endif()
 endfunction()