diff --git a/executor_test.go b/executor_test.go
index 7bb388cf7..b1d51b7d2 100644
--- a/executor_test.go
+++ b/executor_test.go
@@ -7340,7 +7340,9 @@ func TestMissingKeyRegression(t *testing.T) {
 func TestVariousQueries(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, clusterSize := range []int{1, 3, 5} {
 		clusterSize := clusterSize
+		// the VariousQueries tests should be able to run in parallel with each other.
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d-node", clusterSize), func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
 			c := test.MustRunCluster(t, clusterSize)
 			defer c.Close()