diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index 82bd796325..79a6402ac8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: testing_mygame
         run: |
           echo "::group::Running tests ..."
-          evennia test ${{ env.UNIT_TEST_SETTINGS }} evennia -v 2
+          evennia test ${{ env.UNIT_TEST_SETTINGS }} -v 2 --parallel evennia
           echo "::endgroup::"
         env:
           POSTGRES_HOST: localhost