diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 03d00a0f29b..eee600f74da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       RAILS_ENV: test
       PGUSER: discourse
       PGPASSWORD: discourse
-      USES_PARALLEL_DATABASES: ${{ matrix.build_type == 'backend' && matrix.target == 'core' }}
+      USES_PARALLEL_DATABASES: ${{ matrix.build_type == 'backend' }}
       EMBER_CLI_PLUGIN_ASSETS: ${{ matrix.ember_cli_plugin_assets }}
 
     strategy:
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Plugin RSpec
         if: matrix.build_type == 'backend' && matrix.target == 'plugins'
-        run: bin/rake plugin:spec
+        run: bin/rake plugin:turbo_spec
 
       - name: Plugin QUnit
         if: matrix.build_type == 'frontend' && matrix.target == 'plugins'
diff --git a/bin/rake b/bin/rake
index 61c75ed85af..b699951a809 100755
--- a/bin/rake
+++ b/bin/rake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 if ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == 'test' && ENV['LOAD_PLUGINS'].nil?
-  if ARGV.include?('db:migrate')
+  if ARGV.include?('db:migrate') || ARGV.include?('parallel:migrate')
     STDERR.puts "You are attempting to run migrations in your test environment and are not loading plugins, setting LOAD_PLUGINS to 1"
     ENV['LOAD_PLUGINS'] = '1'
   end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/plugin.rake b/lib/tasks/plugin.rake
index 7b29c264e90..e9b6218615d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/plugin.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/plugin.rake
@@ -167,23 +167,34 @@ task 'plugin:install_gems', :plugin do |t, args|
   puts "Done"
 end
 
-desc 'run plugin specs'
-task 'plugin:spec', :plugin do |t, args|
-  args.with_defaults(plugin: "*")
-
-  params = ['--profile']
+def spec(plugin, parallel: false)
+  params = []
+  params << '--profile' if !parallel
   params << '--fail-fast' if ENV['RSPEC_FAILFAST']
   params << "--seed #{ENV['RSPEC_SEED']}" if Integer(ENV['RSPEC_SEED'], exception: false)
 
   ruby = `which ruby`.strip
-  files = Dir.glob("./plugins/#{args[:plugin]}/spec/**/*_spec.rb").sort
+  files = Dir.glob("./plugins/#{plugin}/spec/**/*_spec.rb").sort
   if files.length > 0
-    sh "LOAD_PLUGINS=1 #{ruby} -S rspec #{files.join(' ')} #{params.join(' ')}"
+    cmd = parallel ? "bin/turbo_rspec" : "bin/rspec"
+    sh "LOAD_PLUGINS=1 #{cmd} #{files.join(' ')} #{params.join(' ')}"
   else
     abort "No specs found."
   end
 end
 
+desc 'run plugin specs'
+task 'plugin:spec', :plugin do |t, args|
+  args.with_defaults(plugin: "*")
+  spec(args[:plugin])
+end
+
+desc 'run plugin specs in parallel'
+task 'plugin:turbo_spec', :plugin do |t, args|
+  args.with_defaults(plugin: "*")
+  spec(args[:plugin], parallel: true)
+end
+
 desc 'run plugin qunit tests'
 task 'plugin:qunit', [:plugin, :timeout] do |t, args|
   args.with_defaults(plugin: "*")