diff --git a/test/integration/lib.rb b/test/integration/lib.rb
index ee1cc524..53467ab3 100644
--- a/test/integration/lib.rb
+++ b/test/integration/lib.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ def startup
         tr("-", "_").
         downcase
       )
-      @@proj_count = 0
     end
   end
 
@@ -181,20 +180,20 @@ def cur_test_dir
     @@test_dir
   end
 
-  def make_project(template_dir = nil)
+  def make_project(name: nil, from_template: nil)
     test_name = local_name
     test_name = test_name[5..] if test_name.start_with?('test_')
 
-    @@proj_count += 1
-    base = File.join(cur_test_dir, test_name + '-' + @@proj_count.to_s)
+    base = File.join(cur_test_dir, test_name)
+    base += "-#{name}" if name
     src_dir = base + '-src'
 
     FileUtils.mkdir_p src_dir
 
-    if template_dir
-      template_dir = File.join(TestLib::TEMPLATES_DIR, template_dir)
-      raise "#{template_dir} is not a directory" if !File.directory?(template_dir)
-      FileUtils.copy_entry template_dir, src_dir
+    if from_template
+      from_template = File.join(TestLib::TEMPLATES_DIR, from_template)
+      raise "#{from_template} is not a directory" if !File.directory?(from_template)
+      FileUtils.copy_entry from_template, src_dir
     end
 
     Project.new src_dir, base + '-bin'
diff --git a/test/integration/reference.md b/test/integration/reference.md
index fd81450e..24089667 100644
--- a/test/integration/reference.md
+++ b/test/integration/reference.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ The class which must be a parent of all integration test case classes. It itself
 ### Utils
 
 * `cur_test_dir` - the directory of the current test case. A subdirectory of `TestLib::TMP_DIR`
-* `make_project(template_dir = nil)` - create a project from a test method. Will create a the project's source and binary directories as subdirectories of `cur_test_dir`.
-    * Optionally work with a template directory, in which case it will copy the contents of the template directory (one from `templates`) in the project's source directory.
+* `make_project(name: nil, from_template: nil)` - create a project from a test method. Will create a the project's source and binary directories as subdirectories of `cur_test_dir`.
+    * Optionally provide a name which will be concatenated to the project directory. This allows creating mulitple projects in a test
+    * Optionally work with a template, in which case it will copy the contents of the template directory (one from `templates`) in the project's source directory.
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test_basics.rb b/test/integration/test_basics.rb
index 8083123c..5cb6ccfd 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_basics.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test_basics.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 class Basics < IntegrationTest
   # Test cpm caches with no cpm-related env vars
   def test_cpm_default
-    prj = make_project 'no-deps'
+    prj = make_project from_template: 'no-deps'
     prj.create_lists_from_default_template
     assert_success prj.configure
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def test_cpm_default
   def test_env_cpm_source_cache
     ENV['CPM_SOURCE_CACHE'] = cur_test_dir
 
-    prj = make_project 'no-deps'
+    prj = make_project from_template: 'no-deps'
     prj.create_lists_from_default_template
     assert_success prj.configure
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test_fetchcontent_compatibility.rb b/test/integration/test_fetchcontent_compatibility.rb
index 9cc5d7d2..29d1ef80 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_fetchcontent_compatibility.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test_fetchcontent_compatibility.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ def setup
   end
 
   def test_add_dependency_cpm_and_fetchcontent
-    prj = make_project 'using-adder'
-    
+    prj = make_project from_template: 'using-adder'
+
     prj.create_lists_from_default_template package: <<~PACK
       CPMAddPackage(
         NAME testpack-adder
diff --git a/test/integration/test_parallelism.rb b/test/integration/test_parallelism.rb
index c29bf5a5..fd43480a 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_parallelism.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test_parallelism.rb
@@ -7,18 +7,15 @@ def setup
   end
 
   def test_populate_cache_in_parallel
-
-    [*1..4]
-      .map{ |i|
-        prj = make_project 'using-fibadder'
-        prj.create_lists_from_default_template package: 'CPMAddPackage("gh:cpm-cmake/testpack-fibadder@1.0.0")'
-        prj
-      }
-      .map{ |prj| Thread.new do 
-        assert_success prj.configure 
+    4.times.map { |i|
+      prj = make_project name: i.to_s, from_template: 'using-fibadder'
+      prj.create_lists_from_default_template package: 'CPMAddPackage("gh:cpm-cmake/testpack-fibadder@1.0.0")'
+      prj
+    }.map { |prj|
+      Thread.new do
+        assert_success prj.configure
         assert_success prj.build
-      end }
-      .map { |t| t.join }
-
+      end
+    }.map(&:join)
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/test_remove_source_dir.rb b/test/integration/test_remove_source_dir.rb
index 852c12de..925e64b0 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_remove_source_dir.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test_remove_source_dir.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 class RemoveSourceDir < IntegrationTest
   def test_remove_source_dir
-    prj = make_project 'using-adder'
-    
+    prj = make_project from_template: 'using-adder'
+
     prj.create_lists_from_default_template package: <<~PACK
       CPMAddPackage(
         NAME testpack-adder
diff --git a/test/integration/test_simple.rb b/test/integration/test_simple.rb
index ff175bf2..a63eb6d4 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_simple.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test_simple.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Simple < IntegrationTest
   ADDER_PACKAGE_NAME = 'testpack-adder'
 
   def test_update_single_package
-    prj = make_project 'using-adder'
+    prj = make_project from_template: 'using-adder'
     adder_cache0 = nil
     adder_ver_file = nil
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test_source_cache.rb b/test/integration/test_source_cache.rb
index fd8f92d3..ce2eb1d7 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_source_cache.rb
+++ b/test/integration/test_source_cache.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def setup
   end
 
   def test_add_remove_dependency
-    prj = make_project 'using-fibadder'
+    prj = make_project from_template: 'using-fibadder'
 
     ###################################
     # create
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_add_remove_dependency
   end
 
   def test_second_project
-    prj = make_project 'using-fibadder'
+    prj = make_project from_template: 'using-fibadder'
     prj.create_lists_from_default_template package: 'CPMAddPackage("gh:cpm-cmake/testpack-fibadder@1.1.0")'
     assert_success prj.configure