diff --git a/parallel.go b/parallel.go
index 0027619b4c..0349023ba2 100644
--- a/parallel.go
+++ b/parallel.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package testcontainers
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -32,24 +31,27 @@ func (gpe ParallelContainersError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", gpe.Errors)
 }
 
+// parallelContainersResult represents result.
+type parallelContainersResult struct {
+	ParallelContainersRequestError
+	Container Container
+}
+
 func parallelContainersRunner(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	requests <-chan GenericContainerRequest,
-	errorsCh chan<- ParallelContainersRequestError,
-	containers chan<- Container,
+	results chan<- parallelContainersResult,
 	wg *sync.WaitGroup,
 ) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 	for req := range requests {
 		c, err := GenericContainer(ctx, req)
+		res := parallelContainersResult{Container: c}
 		if err != nil {
-			errorsCh <- ParallelContainersRequestError{
-				Request: req,
-				Error:   errors.Join(err, TerminateContainer(c)),
-			}
-			continue
+			res.Request = req
+			res.Error = err
 		}
-		containers <- c
+		results <- res
 	}
 }
 
@@ -65,41 +67,26 @@ func ParallelContainers(ctx context.Context, reqs ParallelContainerRequest, opt
 	}
 
 	tasksChan := make(chan GenericContainerRequest, tasksChanSize)
-	errsChan := make(chan ParallelContainersRequestError)
-	resChan := make(chan Container)
-	waitRes := make(chan struct{})
-
-	containers := make([]Container, 0)
-	errors := make([]ParallelContainersRequestError, 0)
+	resultsChan := make(chan parallelContainersResult, tasksChanSize)
+	done := make(chan struct{})
 
-	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(tasksChanSize)
 
 	// run workers
 	for i := 0; i < tasksChanSize; i++ {
-		go parallelContainersRunner(ctx, tasksChan, errsChan, resChan, &wg)
+		go parallelContainersRunner(ctx, tasksChan, resultsChan, &wg)
 	}
 
+	var errs []ParallelContainersRequestError
+	containers := make([]Container, 0, len(reqs))
 	go func() {
-		for {
-			select {
-			case c, ok := <-resChan:
-				if !ok {
-					resChan = nil
-				} else {
-					containers = append(containers, c)
-				}
-			case e, ok := <-errsChan:
-				if !ok {
-					errsChan = nil
-				} else {
-					errors = append(errors, e)
-				}
-			}
-
-			if resChan == nil && errsChan == nil {
-				waitRes <- struct{}{}
-				break
+		defer close(done)
+		for res := range resultsChan {
+			if res.Error != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, res.ParallelContainersRequestError)
+			} else {
+				containers = append(containers, res.Container)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -108,14 +95,15 @@ func ParallelContainers(ctx context.Context, reqs ParallelContainerRequest, opt
 		tasksChan <- req
 	}
 	close(tasksChan)
+
 	wg.Wait()
-	close(resChan)
-	close(errsChan)
 
-	<-waitRes
+	close(resultsChan)
+
+	<-done
 
-	if len(errors) != 0 {
-		return containers, ParallelContainersError{Errors: errors}
+	if len(errs) != 0 {
+		return containers, ParallelContainersError{Errors: errs}
 	}
 
 	return containers, nil
diff --git a/parallel_test.go b/parallel_test.go
index f937b1e56d..25f919e99d 100644
--- a/parallel_test.go
+++ b/parallel_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package testcontainers
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -99,23 +98,18 @@ func TestParallelContainers(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			res, err := ParallelContainers(context.Background(), tc.reqs, ParallelContainersOptions{})
-			if err != nil {
-				require.NotZero(t, tc.expErrors)
-				var e ParallelContainersError
-				errors.As(err, &e)
-				if len(e.Errors) != tc.expErrors {
-					t.Fatalf("expected errors: %d, got: %d\n", tc.expErrors, len(e.Errors))
-				}
-			}
-
 			for _, c := range res {
-				c := c
 				CleanupContainer(t, c)
 			}
 
-			if len(res) != tc.resLen {
-				t.Fatalf("expected containers: %d, got: %d\n", tc.resLen, len(res))
+			if tc.expErrors != 0 {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				var errs ParallelContainersError
+				require.ErrorAs(t, err, &errs)
+				require.Len(t, errs.Errors, tc.expErrors)
 			}
+
+			require.Len(t, res, tc.resLen)
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -157,11 +151,8 @@ func TestParallelContainersWithReuse(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	res, err := ParallelContainers(ctx, parallelRequest, ParallelContainersOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		var e ParallelContainersError
-		errors.As(err, &e)
-		t.Fatalf("expected errors: %d, got: %d\n", 0, len(e.Errors))
+	for _, c := range res {
+		CleanupContainer(t, c)
 	}
-	// Container is reused, only terminate first container
-	CleanupContainer(t, res[0])
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }