diff --git a/frontend/playwright.config.ts b/frontend/playwright.config.ts
index c7ba2f18e45e..88ee733baa1b 100644
--- a/frontend/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/playwright.config.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
 	forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
 	/* Retry on CI only */
 	retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
-	/* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */
-	workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
+	/* Run tests in parallel even in CI - optimized for GitHub Actions free tier */
+	workers: process.env.CI ? 2 : undefined,
 	/* Reporter to use. See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters */
 	reporter: 'html',
 	/* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */