diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_helper_test.go b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_helper_test.go
index e7ebabca77da..6e5853687b89 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_helper_test.go
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/metrics_receiver_helper_test.go
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ type testData struct {
 	validateFunc func(t *testing.T, td *testData, result []*pdata.ResourceMetrics)
 }
 
+func (t testData) clone() *testData {
+	return &testData{name: t.name, pages: t.pages, validateFunc: t.validateFunc}
+}
+
 // setupMockPrometheus to create a mocked prometheus based on targets, returning the server and a prometheus exporting
 // config
 func setupMockPrometheus(tds ...*testData) (*mockPrometheus, *promcfg.Config, error) {
@@ -277,6 +281,7 @@ type testExpectation func(*testing.T, *pdata.ResourceMetrics)
 
 func doCompare(t *testing.T, name string, want pdata.AttributeMap, got *pdata.ResourceMetrics, expectations []testExpectation) {
 	t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
 		assert.Equal(t, expectedScrapeMetricCount, countScrapeMetricsRM(got))
 		assert.Equal(t, want.Len(), got.Resource().Attributes().Len())
 		for k, v := range want.AsRaw() {
@@ -448,7 +453,13 @@ func testComponent(t *testing.T, targets []*testData, useStartTimeMetric bool, s
 			pipelineType = "pdata"
 		}
 		t.Run(pipelineType, func(t *testing.T) { // 1. setup mock server
-			mp, cfg, err := setupMockPrometheus(targets...)
+			// Clone the target data to allow the tests to run in parallel
+			tgts := make([]*testData, len(targets))
+			for i, t := range targets {
+				tgts[i] = t.clone()
+			}
+			t.Parallel()
+			mp, cfg, err := setupMockPrometheus(tgts...)
 			require.Nilf(t, err, "Failed to create Prometheus config: %v", err)
 			defer mp.Close()
 
@@ -464,7 +475,7 @@ func testComponent(t *testing.T, targets []*testData, useStartTimeMetric bool, s
 			require.NoError(t, rcvr.Start(context.Background(), componenttest.NewNopHost()), "Failed to invoke Start: %v", err)
 			t.Cleanup(func() {
 				// verify state after shutdown is called
-				assert.Lenf(t, flattenTargets(rcvr.scrapeManager.TargetsAll()), len(targets), "expected %v targets to be running", len(targets))
+				assert.Lenf(t, flattenTargets(rcvr.scrapeManager.TargetsAll()), len(tgts), "expected %v targets to be running", len(tgts))
 				require.NoError(t, rcvr.Shutdown(context.Background()))
 				assert.Len(t, flattenTargets(rcvr.scrapeManager.TargetsAll()), 0, "expected scrape manager to have no targets")
 			})
@@ -479,8 +490,9 @@ func testComponent(t *testing.T, targets []*testData, useStartTimeMetric bool, s
 			assert.Equalf(t, lep, lres, "want %d targets, but got %v\n", lep, lres)
 
 			// loop to validate outputs for each targets
-			for _, target := range targets {
+			for _, target := range tgts {
 				t.Run(target.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+					t.Parallel()
 					validScrapes := getValidScrapes(t, pResults[target.name])
 					target.validateFunc(t, target, validScrapes)
 				})
@@ -497,8 +509,14 @@ func testComponentCustomConfig(t *testing.T, targets []*testData, cfgMut func(*p
 			pipelineType = "pdata"
 		}
 		t.Run(pipelineType, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Clone the target data to allow the tests to run in parallel
+			tgts := make([]*testData, len(targets))
+			for i, t := range targets {
+				tgts[i] = t.clone()
+			}
+			t.Parallel()
 			ctx := context.Background()
-			mp, cfg, err := setupMockPrometheus(targets...)
+			mp, cfg, err := setupMockPrometheus(tgts...)
 			cfgMut(cfg)
 			require.Nilf(t, err, "Failed to create Prometheus config: %v", err)
 			defer mp.Close()
@@ -525,8 +543,9 @@ func testComponentCustomConfig(t *testing.T, targets []*testData, cfgMut func(*p
 			assert.Equalf(t, lep, lres, "want %d targets, but got %v\n", lep, lres)
 
 			// loop to validate outputs for each targets
-			for _, target := range targets {
+			for _, target := range tgts {
 				t.Run(target.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+					t.Parallel()
 					validScrapes := getValidScrapes(t, pResults[target.name])
 					target.validateFunc(t, target, validScrapes)
 				})