diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index c0ffd51080..d434a54e3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -143,18 +143,14 @@ jobs:
         image: postgres:17
         env:
           POSTGRES_USER: alchemy_user
-          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
-          POSTGRES_DB: alchemy_cms_dummy_test
+          POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: trust
         ports: ["5432:5432"]
         options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
       mariadb:
         image: mariadb:latest
         ports: ["3307:3306"]
         env:
-          MARIADB_USER: alchemy_user
-          MARIADB_PASSWORD: password
-          MARIADB_DATABASE: alchemy_cms_dummy_test
-          MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
+          MARIADB_ALLOW_EMPTY_ROOT_PASSWORD: 1
         options: --health-cmd="mariadb-admin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=5
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -200,9 +196,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare database
         run: |
           bundle exec rake alchemy:spec:prepare
+          cd spec/dummy
+          bin/rails parallel:setup
+          cd -
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          bundle exec rspec
+          bin/parallel_rspec
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         if: matrix.rails == '8.0' && matrix.ruby == '3.4'
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 57ea84ff25..7ef55fa7d8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ end
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem "execjs", "~> 2.10.0"
+  gem "parallel_tests", "~> 5.5"
   gem "rubocop", require: false
   gem "standard", "~> 1.25", require: false
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2079d4ed78..e700c2042c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -336,6 +336,34 @@ $ bundle exec rake
 
 *) This default task executes the database preparations and runs all defined test cases.
 
+### Run specs in parallel
+
+Using https://github.com/grosser/parallel_tests
+
+#### Once before running
+
+```
+bundle exec rake alchemy:spec:prepare
+cd spec/dummy
+bin/rails parallel:setup
+cd -
+```
+
+#### Start a parallel test run
+
+```
+bin/parallel_rspec
+```
+
+#### After adding a new migration
+
+```
+cd spec/dummy
+bin/rails alchemy:install:migrations
+bin/rails parallel:migrate
+cd -
+```
+
 ### Start the dummy app
 
 You can even start the dummy app and use it to manually test your changes with:
diff --git a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/color_view.rb b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/color_view.rb
index 191f892afa..5c054346e4 100644
--- a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/color_view.rb
+++ b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/color_view.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module Alchemy
   module Ingredients
     class ColorView < BaseView
       def call
-        value
+        value.html_safe
       end
 
       def render?
diff --git a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/select_view.rb b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/select_view.rb
index 0921733344..0b3d0a5f5c 100644
--- a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/select_view.rb
+++ b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/select_view.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Ingredients
     class SelectView < BaseView
       def call
         if ingredient.multiple? && value.is_a?(Array)
-          value.to_sentence
+          value.to_sentence.html_safe
         else
           super
         end
diff --git a/bin/parallel_rspec b/bin/parallel_rspec
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0e2e66547f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/parallel_rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require "bundler/setup"
+load Gem.bin_path("parallel_tests", "parallel_rspec")
diff --git a/spec/dummy/config/database.yml b/spec/dummy/config/database.yml
index 6f09d943a3..9b4b45b3ba 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/config/database.yml
+++ b/spec/dummy/config/database.yml
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 sqlite: &sqlite
   adapter: sqlite3
-  database: db/<%= Rails.env %>.sqlite3
+  database: db/<%= Rails.env %><%= ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER'] %>.sqlite3
 
 mysql: &mysql
   adapter: mysql2
   encoding: utf8mb4
   username: <%= ENV['DB_USER'] %>
   password: <%= ENV['DB_PASSWORD'] %>
-  database: alchemy_cms_dummy_<%= Rails.env %>
+  database: alchemy_cms_dummy_<%= Rails.env %><%= ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER'] %>
 
 mariadb: &mariadb
   adapter: mysql2
   encoding: utf8mb4
   port: 3307
-  username: <%= ENV['DB_USER'] %>
-  password: <%= ENV['DB_PASSWORD'] %>
-  database: alchemy_cms_dummy_<%= Rails.env %>
+  username: root
+  database: alchemy_cms_dummy_<%= Rails.env %><%= ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER'] %>
 
 postgresql: &postgresql
   adapter: postgresql
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ postgresql: &postgresql
   username: <%= ENV['DB_USER'] %>
   password: <%= ENV['DB_PASSWORD'] %>
   <% end %>
-  database: alchemy_cms_dummy_<%= Rails.env %>
+  database: alchemy_cms_dummy_<%= Rails.env %><%= ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER'] %>
   min_messages: ERROR
 
 defaults: &defaults
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1e657a1dc9..786537ea02 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
   add_filter "/lib/generators"
 end
 
+if ENV["TEST_ENV_NUMBER"] # parallel specs
+  SimpleCov.at_exit do
+    result = SimpleCov.result
+    result.format! if ParallelTests.number_of_running_processes <= 1
+  end
+end
+
 require "rspec/core"
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
@@ -19,4 +26,5 @@
   config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
   config.pattern = "**/*_spec.rb"
   config.filter_run :focus
+  config.silence_filter_announcements = true if ENV["TEST_ENV_NUMBER"]
 end