diff --git a/test/integration/integration_test.go b/test/integration/integration_test.go
index fc3751e..af93446 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func Test_Should_Produce_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "produce-topic"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func Test_Should_Produce_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Should_Batch_Produce_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "batch-produce-topic"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
 
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ func Test_Should_Batch_Produce_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Should_Consume_Message_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "topic"
 	consumerGroup := "topic-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ func Test_Should_Consume_Message_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Should_Pause_And_Resume_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "pause-topic"
 	consumerGroup := "pause-topic-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
@@ -168,6 +172,7 @@ func Test_Should_Pause_And_Resume_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Should_Batch_Consume_Messages_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "batch-topic"
 	consumerGroup := "batch-topic-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
@@ -217,11 +222,12 @@ func Test_Should_Batch_Consume_Messages_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Should_Batch_Retry_Only_Failed_Messages_When_Transactional_Retry_Is_Disabled(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "nontransactional-cronsumer-topic"
 	consumerGroup := "nontransactional-cronsumer-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
 
-	retryTopic := "retry-topic"
+	retryTopic := "nontransactional-retry-topic"
 
 	_, cleanUp := createTopicAndWriteMessages(t, topic, []segmentio.Message{
 		{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 1, Key: []byte("1"), Value: []byte(`foo1`)},
@@ -274,6 +280,7 @@ func Test_Should_Batch_Retry_Only_Failed_Messages_When_Transactional_Retry_Is_Di
 
 func Test_Should_Integrate_With_Kafka_Cronsumer_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "cronsumer-topic"
 	consumerGroup := "cronsumer-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
@@ -320,6 +327,7 @@ func Test_Should_Integrate_With_Kafka_Cronsumer_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Should_Propagate_Custom_Headers_With_Kafka_Cronsumer_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "cronsumer-header-topic"
 	consumerGroup := "cronsumer-header-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
@@ -389,6 +397,7 @@ func Test_Should_Propagate_Custom_Headers_With_Kafka_Cronsumer_Successfully(t *t
 
 func Test_Should_Batch_Consume_With_PreBatch_Enabled(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "batch-topic-prebatch-enabled"
 	consumerGroup := "batch-topic-prebatch-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
@@ -442,6 +451,7 @@ func Test_Should_Batch_Consume_With_PreBatch_Enabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Should_Skip_Message_When_Header_Filter_Given(t *testing.T) {
 	// Given
+	t.Parallel()
 	topic := "header-filter-topic"
 	consumerGroup := "header-filter-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"