diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-components.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-components.yml
index 2d835f6655..b6ac4ee731 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-components.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-components.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: showcase
         env:
           PERCY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERCY_TOKEN_COMPONENTS }}
+          PERCY_PARALLEL_TOTAL: 8
 
   try-scenarios:
     name: ${{ matrix.try-scenario }}
diff --git a/packages/components/README.md b/packages/components/README.md
index 2eea268912..4ea79a9516 100644
--- a/packages/components/README.md
+++ b/packages/components/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+drop
 design-system-components
 ==============================================================================
 
diff --git a/showcase/package.json b/showcase/package.json
index de6f17df2e..722c7b02b3 100644
--- a/showcase/package.json
+++ b/showcase/package.json
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
     "lint:types": "glint",
     "start": "yarn build:packages && ember serve",
     "test": "concurrently \"yarn:lint\" \"yarn:test:*\" --names \"lint,test:\"",
-    "test:ember": "yarn build:packages && ember test",
+    "test:ember": "yarn build:packages && ember exam --split=8 --parallel",
     "test:ember-compatibility": "ember try:each",
-    "test:ember:percy": "percy exec ember test",
+    "test:ember:percy": "percy exec -- ember exam --split=8 --parallel",
     "test:a11y": "ENABLE_A11Y_AUDIT=true ember test --server",
     "test:a11y-report": "ENABLE_A11Y_MIDDLEWARE_REPORTER=true ember test"
   },
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     "ember-cli-terser": "^4.0.2",
     "ember-concurrency": "^4.0.2",
     "ember-deep-tracked": "^2.0.0",
+    "ember-exam": "^9.0.0",
     "ember-load-initializers": "^2.1.2",
     "ember-modifier": "^4.1.0",
     "ember-page-title": "^8.2.3",
diff --git a/showcase/testem.js b/showcase/testem.js
index 3b807279db..b41f6cfabd 100644
--- a/showcase/testem.js
+++ b/showcase/testem.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
 module.exports = {
+  // setting parallel execution to -1 means auto-detect and use the maximum number of parallel processes possible
+  // while setting it to 1 means executing tests serially, one after the other
+  parallel: process.env.CI ? -1 : 1,
   test_page: 'tests/index.html?hidepassed',
   disable_watching: true,
   launch_in_ci: ['Chrome'],
diff --git a/showcase/tests/test-helper.ts b/showcase/tests/test-helper.ts
index 238075b67f..0483ee6796 100644
--- a/showcase/tests/test-helper.ts
+++ b/showcase/tests/test-helper.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import config from 'showcase/config/environment';
 import * as QUnit from 'qunit';
 import { setApplication } from '@ember/test-helpers';
 import { setup } from 'qunit-dom';
-import { start } from 'ember-qunit';
+// @ts-expect-error: there no types for this package
+import start from 'ember-exam/test-support/start';
 import {
   DEFAULT_A11Y_TEST_HELPER_NAMES,
   setRunOptions,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 711eedee30..b649525071 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
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   dependencies:
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "arg@npm:4.1.3"
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+  resolution: "debug@npm:4.3.5"
+  dependencies:
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+  peerDependenciesMeta:
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "decamelize-keys@npm:1.1.1"
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+  version: 9.0.0
+  resolution: "ember-exam@npm:9.0.0"
+  dependencies:
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+    chalk: "npm:^5.3.0"
+    cli-table3: "npm:^0.6.0"
+    debug: "npm:^4.2.0"
+    ember-auto-import: "npm:^2.7.0"
+    ember-cli-babel: "npm:^8.2.0"
+    execa: "npm:^8.0.1"
+    fs-extra: "npm:^11.2.0"
+    js-yaml: "npm:^4.0.0"
+    npmlog: "npm:^7.0.0"
+    rimraf: "npm:^5.0.0"
+    semver: "npm:^7.3.2"
+    silent-error: "npm:^1.1.1"
+  peerDependencies:
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+    ember-source: ">= 4.0.0"
+    qunit: "*"
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
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   resolution: "ember-fetch@npm:8.1.2"
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+  resolution: "execa@npm:8.0.1"
+  dependencies:
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+    get-stream: "npm:^8.0.1"
+    human-signals: "npm:^5.0.0"
+    is-stream: "npm:^3.0.0"
+    merge-stream: "npm:^2.0.0"
+    npm-run-path: "npm:^5.1.0"
+    onetime: "npm:^6.0.0"
+    signal-exit: "npm:^4.1.0"
+    strip-final-newline: "npm:^3.0.0"
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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+  dependencies:
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+    color-support: "npm:^1.1.3"
+    console-control-strings: "npm:^1.1.0"
+    has-unicode: "npm:^2.0.1"
+    signal-exit: "npm:^4.0.1"
+    string-width: "npm:^4.2.3"
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+    wide-align: "npm:^1.1.5"
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+  resolution: "glob@npm:10.4.2"
+  dependencies:
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+    jackspeak: "npm:^3.1.2"
+    minimatch: "npm:^9.0.4"
+    minipass: "npm:^7.1.2"
+    package-json-from-dist: "npm:^1.0.0"
+    path-scurry: "npm:^1.11.1"
+  bin:
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+  checksum: 10/e412776b5952a818eba790c830bea161c9a56813fd767d8c4c49f855603b1fb962b3e73f1f627a47298a57d2992b9f0f2fe15cf93e74ecaaa63fb45d63fdd090
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "glob@npm:5.0.15"
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+"human-signals@npm:^5.0.0":
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+  resolution: "human-signals@npm:5.0.0"
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+
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   resolution: "iconv-lite@npm:0.4.24"
@@ -17927,6 +18034,13 @@ __metadata:
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+  resolution: "is-stream@npm:3.0.0"
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+
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   linkType: hard
 
+"jackspeak@npm:^3.1.2":
+  version: 3.4.0
+  resolution: "jackspeak@npm:3.4.0"
+  dependencies:
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+    "@pkgjs/parseargs": "npm:^0.11.0"
+  dependenciesMeta:
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+  checksum: 10/5032c43c0c1fb92e72846ce496df559214253bc6870c90399cbd7858571c53169d9494b7c152df04abcb75f2fb5e9cffe65651c67d573380adf3a482b150d84b
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "jest-changed-files@npm:29.7.0"
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+  resolution: "lru-cache@npm:10.2.2"
+  checksum: 10/ff1a496d30b5eaec2c9079080965bb0cede203cf878371f7033a007f1e54cd4aa13cc8abf7ccec4c994a83a22ed5476e83a55bb57cc07e6c1547a42937e42c37
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+
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   resolution: "lru-cache@npm:4.1.5"
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+  version: 4.0.0
+  resolution: "mimic-fn@npm:4.0.0"
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "mimic-response@npm:1.0.1"
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+  resolution: "minipass@npm:7.1.2"
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+
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@@ -21335,6 +21483,15 @@ __metadata:
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+  resolution: "npm-run-path@npm:5.1.0"
+  dependencies:
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+"npmlog@npm:^7.0.0":
+  version: 7.0.1
+  resolution: "npmlog@npm:7.0.1"
+  dependencies:
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+    console-control-strings: "npm:^1.1.0"
+    gauge: "npm:^5.0.0"
+    set-blocking: "npm:^2.0.0"
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+"onetime@npm:^6.0.0":
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+  resolution: "onetime@npm:6.0.0"
+  dependencies:
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+
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+  resolution: "path-scurry@npm:1.11.1"
+  dependencies:
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+  linkType: hard
+
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+  version: 5.0.7
+  resolution: "rimraf@npm:5.0.7"
+  dependencies:
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+  bin:
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+
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