diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/library/setup_collections.py b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/library/setup_collections.py
index b4e1d0d0e3e..6f1a17f9714 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/library/setup_collections.py
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/library/setup_collections.py
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@ options:
         - The dependencies of the collection.
         type: dict
         default: '{}'
-  wait:
-    description:
-    - Whether to wait for each collection's publish step to complete.
-    - When set to C(no), will only wait on the last publish task.
-    type: bool
-    default: false
 author:
 - Jordan Borean (@jborean93)
 '''
@@ -89,6 +83,76 @@ import yaml
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from functools import partial
+from multiprocessing import dummy as threading
+
+
+def publish_collection(module, collection):
+    namespace = collection['namespace']
+    name = collection['name']
+    version = collection['version']
+    dependencies = collection['dependencies']
+    use_symlink = collection['use_symlink']
+
+    result = {}
+    collection_dir = os.path.join(module.tmpdir, "%s-%s-%s" % (namespace, name, version))
+    b_collection_dir = to_bytes(collection_dir, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+    os.mkdir(b_collection_dir)
+
+    with open(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'README.md'), mode='wb') as fd:
+        fd.write(b"Collection readme")
+
+    galaxy_meta = {
+        'namespace': namespace,
+        'name': name,
+        'version': version,
+        'readme': 'README.md',
+        'authors': ['Collection author <name@email.com'],
+        'dependencies': dependencies,
+        'license': ['GPL-3.0-or-later'],
+        'repository': 'https://ansible.com/',
+    }
+    with open(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'galaxy.yml'), mode='wb') as fd:
+        fd.write(to_bytes(yaml.safe_dump(galaxy_meta), errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
+
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='wb') as temp_fd:
+        temp_fd.write(b"data")
+
+        if use_symlink:
+            os.mkdir(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'docs'))
+            os.mkdir(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'plugins'))
+            b_target_file = b'RE\xc3\x85DM\xc3\x88.md'
+            with open(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file), mode='wb') as fd:
+                fd.write(b'data')
+
+            os.symlink(b_target_file, os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file + b'-link'))
+            os.symlink(temp_fd.name, os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file + b'-outside-link'))
+            os.symlink(os.path.join(b'..', b_target_file), os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'docs', b_target_file))
+            os.symlink(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file),
+                       os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'plugins', b_target_file))
+            os.symlink(b'docs', os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'docs-link'))
+
+        release_filename = '%s-%s-%s.tar.gz' % (namespace, name, version)
+        collection_path = os.path.join(collection_dir, release_filename)
+        rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(['ansible-galaxy', 'collection', 'build'], cwd=collection_dir)
+        result['build'] = {
+            'rc': rc,
+            'stdout': stdout,
+            'stderr': stderr,
+        }
+
+    publish_args = ['ansible-galaxy', 'collection', 'publish', collection_path, '--server', module.params['server']]
+    if module.params['token']:
+        publish_args.extend(['--token', module.params['token']])
+
+    rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(publish_args)
+    result['publish'] = {
+        'rc': rc,
+        'stdout': stdout,
+        'stderr': stderr,
+    }
+
+    return result
 
 
 def run_module():
@@ -107,7 +171,6 @@ def run_module():
                 use_symlink=dict(type='bool', default=False),
             ),
         ),
-        wait=dict(type='bool', default=False),
     )
 
     module = AnsibleModule(
@@ -117,69 +180,9 @@ def run_module():
 
     result = dict(changed=True, results=[])
 
-    for idx, collection in enumerate(module.params['collections']):
-        collection_dir = os.path.join(module.tmpdir, "%s-%s-%s" % (collection['namespace'], collection['name'],
-                                                                   collection['version']))
-        b_collection_dir = to_bytes(collection_dir, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
-        os.mkdir(b_collection_dir)
-
-        with open(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'README.md'), mode='wb') as fd:
-            fd.write(b"Collection readme")
-
-        galaxy_meta = {
-            'namespace': collection['namespace'],
-            'name': collection['name'],
-            'version': collection['version'],
-            'readme': 'README.md',
-            'authors': ['Collection author <name@email.com'],
-            'dependencies': collection['dependencies'],
-            'license': ['GPL-3.0-or-later'],
-            'repository': 'https://ansible.com/',
-        }
-        with open(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'galaxy.yml'), mode='wb') as fd:
-            fd.write(to_bytes(yaml.safe_dump(galaxy_meta), errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
-
-        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='wb') as temp_fd:
-            temp_fd.write(b"data")
-
-            if collection['use_symlink']:
-                os.mkdir(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'docs'))
-                os.mkdir(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'plugins'))
-                b_target_file = b'RE\xc3\x85DM\xc3\x88.md'
-                with open(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file), mode='wb') as fd:
-                    fd.write(b'data')
-
-                os.symlink(b_target_file, os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file + b'-link'))
-                os.symlink(temp_fd.name, os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file + b'-outside-link'))
-                os.symlink(os.path.join(b'..', b_target_file), os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'docs', b_target_file))
-                os.symlink(os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b_target_file),
-                           os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'plugins', b_target_file))
-                os.symlink(b'docs', os.path.join(b_collection_dir, b'docs-link'))
-
-            release_filename = '%s-%s-%s.tar.gz' % (collection['namespace'], collection['name'], collection['version'])
-            collection_path = os.path.join(collection_dir, release_filename)
-            rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(['ansible-galaxy', 'collection', 'build'], cwd=collection_dir)
-            result['results'].append({
-                'build': {
-                    'rc': rc,
-                    'stdout': stdout,
-                    'stderr': stderr,
-                }
-            })
-
-        # To save on time, skip the import wait until the last collection is being uploaded.
-        publish_args = ['ansible-galaxy', 'collection', 'publish', collection_path, '--server',
-                        module.params['server']]
-        if module.params['token']:
-            publish_args.extend(['--token', module.params['token']])
-        if not module.params['wait'] and idx != (len(module.params['collections']) - 1):
-            publish_args.append('--no-wait')
-        rc, stdout, stderr = module.run_command(publish_args)
-        result['results'][-1]['publish'] = {
-            'rc': rc,
-            'stdout': stdout,
-            'stderr': stderr,
-        }
+    pool = threading.Pool(4)
+    publish_func = partial(publish_collection, module)
+    result['results'] = pool.map(publish_func, module.params['collections'])
 
     failed = bool(sum(
         r['build']['rc'] + r['publish']['rc'] for r in result['results']
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/install.yml b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/install.yml
index 7fdb02d6a3d..2d09c944e92 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/install.yml
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@
     - namespace: cache
       name: cache
       version: 1.0.{{ cache_version_build }}
-    wait: yes
 
 - name: make sure the cache version list is ignored on a collection version change
   command: ansible-galaxy collection install cache.cache -s '{{ test_name }}' --force -vvv
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/main.yml
index 7006a34c372..a18db64d4bb 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/tasks/main.yml
@@ -71,37 +71,16 @@
     v3: true
 
 # We use a module for this so we can speed up the test time.
+# For pulp interactions, we only upload to galaxy_ng which shares
+# the same repo and distribution with pulp_ansible
+# However, we use galaxy_ng only, since collections are unique across
+# pulp repositories, and galaxy_ng maintains a 2nd list of published collections
 - name: setup test collections for install and download test
-  loop:
-    # For pulp interactions, we only upload to galaxy_ng which shares
-    # the same repo and distribution with pulp_ansible
-    # However, we use galaxy_ng only, since collections are unique across
-    # pulp repositories, and galaxy_ng maintains a 2nd list of published collections
-    - galaxy_ng
+  setup_collections:
+    server: galaxy_ng
+    collections: '{{ collection_list }}'
   environment:
     ANSIBLE_CONFIG: '{{ galaxy_dir }}/ansible.cfg'
-  async: 300
-  poll: 0
-  register: setup_collections
-  setup_collections:
-    server: '{{ item }}'
-    collections: '{{ collection_list }}'
-
-- name: Wait for setup_collections
-  async_status:
-    jid: '{{ item.ansible_job_id }}'
-    mode: status
-  retries: 300
-  delay: 1
-  loop: '{{ setup_collections.results }}'
-  register: setup_collections_wait
-  until: setup_collections_wait is finished
-
-# The above setup_collections uses --no-wait
-# pause for good measure.
-- name: precautionary wait
-  pause:
-    seconds: 5
 
 # Stores the cached test version number index as we run install many times
 - set_fact:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/templates/ansible.cfg.j2 b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
index 6076f9184fb..0f52dce9357 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-galaxy-collection/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [galaxy]
+# Ensures subsequent unstable reruns don't use the cached information causing another failure
+cache_dir={{ remote_tmp_dir }}/galaxy_cache
 server_list=pulp_v2,pulp_v3,galaxy_ng
 
 [galaxy_server.pulp_v2]