diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index dd6e92ea6..a64917621 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ jobs:
         environment:
           MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: root
           MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+    parallelism: 4
     resource_class: large
     steps:
       - checkout
@@ -27,8 +28,3 @@ workflows:
       - test:
           context:
             - slack-notification
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /dev-v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.circleci/doTests.sh b/.circleci/doTests.sh
index 535495458..80976c249 100755
--- a/.circleci/doTests.sh
+++ b/.circleci/doTests.sh
@@ -84,144 +84,150 @@ do
         currPinnedDb=$(echo "$pinnedDBArray" | jq ".[$i]")
         currPinnedDb=$(echo "$currPinnedDb" | tr -d '"')
 
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo "===== testing $currPinnedDb with plugin-interface $currVersion ====="
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-
         i=$((i+1))
 
-        if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
+        if (( i % CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL == CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX ))
         then
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-          continue=1
-        else
-          response=$(curl -s -X GET \
-          "https://api.supertokens.io/0/plugin-interface/dependency/plugin/latest?password=$SUPERTOKENS_API_KEY&planType=FREE&mode=DEV&version=$piVersion&pluginName=$currPinnedDb" \
-          -H 'api-version: 0')
-          if [[ $(echo "$response" | jq .plugin) == "null" ]]
-          then
-              echo "fetching latest X.Y version for $currPinnedDb given plugin-interface X.Y version: $piVersion gave response: $response"
-              exit 1
-          fi
-          pinnedDbVersionX2=$(echo $response | jq .plugin | tr -d '"')
 
-          response=$(curl -s -X GET \
-          "https://api.supertokens.io/0/plugin/latest?password=$SUPERTOKENS_API_KEY&planType=FREE&mode=DEV&version=$pinnedDbVersionX2&name=$currPinnedDb" \
-          -H 'api-version: 0')
-          if [[ $(echo "$response" | jq .tag) == "null" ]]
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo "===== testing $currPinnedDb with plugin-interface $currVersion ====="
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+
+          if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
           then
-              echo "fetching latest X.Y.Z version for $currPinnedDb, X.Y version: $pinnedDbVersionX2 gave response: $response"
-              exit 1
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+            continue=1
+          else
+            response=$(curl -s -X GET \
+            "https://api.supertokens.io/0/plugin-interface/dependency/plugin/latest?password=$SUPERTOKENS_API_KEY&planType=FREE&mode=DEV&version=$piVersion&pluginName=$currPinnedDb" \
+            -H 'api-version: 0')
+            if [[ $(echo "$response" | jq .plugin) == "null" ]]
+            then
+                echo "fetching latest X.Y version for $currPinnedDb given plugin-interface X.Y version: $piVersion gave response: $response"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            pinnedDbVersionX2=$(echo $response | jq .plugin | tr -d '"')
+
+            response=$(curl -s -X GET \
+            "https://api.supertokens.io/0/plugin/latest?password=$SUPERTOKENS_API_KEY&planType=FREE&mode=DEV&version=$pinnedDbVersionX2&name=$currPinnedDb" \
+            -H 'api-version: 0')
+            if [[ $(echo "$response" | jq .tag) == "null" ]]
+            then
+                echo "fetching latest X.Y.Z version for $currPinnedDb, X.Y version: $pinnedDbVersionX2 gave response: $response"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            pinnedDbVersionTag=$(echo "$response" | jq .tag | tr -d '"')
+            pinnedDbVersion=$(echo "$response" | jq .version | tr -d '"')
+            ./startDb.sh "$currPinnedDb"
           fi
-          pinnedDbVersionTag=$(echo "$response" | jq .tag | tr -d '"')
-          pinnedDbVersion=$(echo "$response" | jq .version | tr -d '"')
-          ./startDb.sh "$currPinnedDb"
-        fi
 
-        cd ../../
-        git clone git@github.com:supertokens/supertokens-root.git
-        cd supertokens-root
+          cd ../../
+          git clone git@github.com:supertokens/supertokens-root.git
+          cd supertokens-root
 
-        update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/java/jdk-15.0.1/bin/java" 2
-        update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/java/jdk-15.0.1/bin/javac" 2
+          update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/java/jdk-15.0.1/bin/java" 2
+          update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/java/jdk-15.0.1/bin/javac" 2
 
-        coreX=$(cut -d'.' -f1 <<<"$coreVersion")
-        coreY=$(cut -d'.' -f2 <<<"$coreVersion")
-        if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
-        then
-          echo -e "core,$coreX.$coreY\nplugin-interface,$piVersion" > modules.txt
-        else
-          echo -e "core,$coreX.$coreY\nplugin-interface,$piVersion\n$currPinnedDb-plugin,$pinnedDbVersionX2" > modules.txt
-        fi
-        ./loadModules
-        cd supertokens-core
-        git checkout dev-v$coreVersion
-        cd ../supertokens-plugin-interface
-        git checkout $currTag
-        if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
-        then
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-          continue=1
-        else
-          cd ../supertokens-$currPinnedDb-plugin
-          git checkout $pinnedDbVersionTag
-        fi
-        cd ../
-        echo $SUPERTOKENS_API_KEY > apiPassword
-        ./startTestingEnv --cicd
-
-        if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]
-        then
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo "===== testing $currPinnedDb with plugin-interface $currVersion FAILED ====="
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-
-            cat logs/*
-            cd ../project/
-            echo "test failed... exiting!"
-            exit 1
-        fi
+          coreX=$(cut -d'.' -f1 <<<"$coreVersion")
+          coreY=$(cut -d'.' -f2 <<<"$coreVersion")
+          if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
+          then
+            echo -e "core,$coreX.$coreY\nplugin-interface,$piVersion" > modules.txt
+          else
+            echo -e "core,$coreX.$coreY\nplugin-interface,$piVersion\n$currPinnedDb-plugin,$pinnedDbVersionX2" > modules.txt
+          fi
+          ./loadModules
+          cd supertokens-core
+          git checkout dev-v$coreVersion
+          cd ../supertokens-plugin-interface
+          git checkout $currTag
+          if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
+          then
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+            continue=1
+          else
+            cd ../supertokens-$currPinnedDb-plugin
+            git checkout $pinnedDbVersionTag
+          fi
+          cd ../
+          echo $SUPERTOKENS_API_KEY > apiPassword
+          ./startTestingEnv --cicd
 
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo "===== testing $currPinnedDb with plugin-interface $currVersion SUCCEEDED ====="
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-        echo ""
-
-        cd ../
-        rm -rf supertokens-root
-
-        if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
-        then
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-          continue=1
-        else
-          curl -o supertokens.zip -s -X GET \
-          "https://api.supertokens.io/0/app/download?pluginName=$currPinnedDb&os=linux&mode=DEV&binary=FREE&targetCore=$coreVersion&targetPlugin=$pinnedDbVersion" \
-          -H 'api-version: 0'
-          unzip supertokens.zip -d .
-          rm supertokens.zip
-          cd supertokens
-          ../project/.circleci/testCli.sh
           if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]
           then
-              echo "cli testing failed... exiting!"
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+              echo "===== testing $currPinnedDb with plugin-interface $currVersion FAILED ====="
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+              echo ""
+
+              cat logs/*
+              cd ../project/
+              echo "test failed... exiting!"
               exit 1
           fi
+
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo "===== testing $currPinnedDb with plugin-interface $currVersion SUCCEEDED ====="
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+          echo ""
+
           cd ../
-        fi
+          rm -rf supertokens-root
+
+          if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
+          then
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+            continue=1
+          else
+            curl -o supertokens.zip -s -X GET \
+            "https://api.supertokens.io/0/app/download?pluginName=$currPinnedDb&os=linux&mode=DEV&binary=FREE&targetCore=$coreVersion&targetPlugin=$pinnedDbVersion" \
+            -H 'api-version: 0'
+            unzip supertokens.zip -d .
+            rm supertokens.zip
+            cd supertokens
+            ../project/.circleci/testCli.sh
+            if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]
+            then
+                echo "cli testing failed... exiting!"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            cd ../
+          fi
+
+          rm -rf supertokens
+          cd project/.circleci
+          if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
+          then
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+            continue=1
+          else
+            ./stopDb.sh $currPinnedDb
+          fi
 
-        rm -rf supertokens
-        cd project/.circleci
-        if [[ $currPinnedDb == "sqlite" ]]
-        then
-          # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-          continue=1
-        else
-          ./stopDb.sh $currPinnedDb
         fi
+
     done
 done 10<pluginInterfaceExactVersionsOutput