diff --git a/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_5.2.sh b/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_5.2.sh
index 52e489561f31..884609c9ce53 100755
--- a/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_5.2.sh
+++ b/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_5.2.sh
@@ -27,15 +27,8 @@ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$(pwd):$(pwd)/$DJANGO_TESTS_DIR/django
 
 python3 create_test_instance.py
 
-# If no SPANNER_TEST_DB is set, generate a unique one
-# so that we can have multiple tests running without
-# conflicting which changes and constraints. We'll always
-# cleanup the created database.
-TEST_DBNAME=${SPANNER_TEST_DB:-$(python3 -c 'import os, time; print(chr(ord("a") + time.time_ns() % 26)+os.urandom(10).hex())')}
-TEST_DBNAME_OTHER="$TEST_DBNAME-ot"
 INSTANCE=${SPANNER_TEST_INSTANCE:-spanner-django-python-systest}
 PROJECT=${PROJECT_ID:-$GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT}
-SETTINGS_FILE="$TEST_DBNAME-settings"
 TESTS_DIR=${DJANGO_TESTS_DIR:-django_tests}
 
 create_settings() {
@@ -75,15 +68,35 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 }
 
 cd $TESTS_DIR/django/tests
-create_settings
 
 EXIT_STATUS=0
+PIDS=""
 for DJANGO_TEST_APP in $DJANGO_TEST_APPS
 do
    if [ "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" = "order_with_respect_to" ] || [ "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" = "contenttypes_tests" ] || [ "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" = "inspectdb" ]; then
        echo "Skipping $DJANGO_TEST_APP as it is incompatible with Spanner"
        continue
    fi
-   python3 runtests.py $DJANGO_TEST_APP --verbosity=3 --noinput --settings $SETTINGS_FILE || EXIT_STATUS=$?
+   APP_PREFIX=$(echo "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" | tr -cd 'a-z0-9' | cut -c1-6)
+   RUN_ID=$(python3 -c 'import os; print(os.urandom(6).hex())')
+   if [ -n "$SPANNER_TEST_DB" ]; then
+       DB_PREFIX=$(echo "$SPANNER_TEST_DB" | cut -c1-20)
+       TEST_DBNAME="${DB_PREFIX}_${APP_PREFIX}"
+   else
+       TEST_DBNAME="${APP_PREFIX}_${RUN_ID}"
+   fi
+   TEST_DBNAME_OTHER="${TEST_DBNAME}-ot"
+   SETTINGS_FILE="${TEST_DBNAME}_settings"
+   create_settings
+   if [ -z "$SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST" ]; then
+       python3 runtests.py "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" --verbosity=3 --noinput --settings "$SETTINGS_FILE" &
+       PIDS="$PIDS $!"
+   else
+       python3 runtests.py "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" --verbosity=3 --noinput --settings "$SETTINGS_FILE" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
+   fi
+done
+for PID in $PIDS
+do
+   wait "$PID" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
 done
 exit $EXIT_STATUS
diff --git a/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_6.0.sh b/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_6.0.sh
index eeab3d35e62d..73462387e0b4 100755
--- a/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_6.0.sh
+++ b/packages/django-google-spanner/django_test_suite_6.0.sh
@@ -76,15 +76,34 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
 }
 
 cd $TESTS_DIR/django/tests
-create_settings
 
 EXIT_STATUS=0
+PIDS=""
 for DJANGO_TEST_APP in $DJANGO_TEST_APPS
 do
    if [ "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" = "order_with_respect_to" ] || [ "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" = "contenttypes_tests" ] || [ "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" = "inspectdb" ]; then
        echo "Skipping $DJANGO_TEST_APP as it is incompatible with Spanner"
        continue
    fi
-   python3 runtests.py $DJANGO_TEST_APP --verbosity=3 --noinput --settings $SETTINGS_FILE || EXIT_STATUS=$?
+   APP_PREFIX=$(echo "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" | tr -cd 'a-z0-9' | cut -c1-6)
+   RUN_ID=$(python3 -c 'import os; print(os.urandom(6).hex())')
+   if [ -n "$SPANNER_TEST_DB" ]; then
+       TEST_DBNAME="${SPANNER_TEST_DB}_${APP_PREFIX}"
+   else
+       TEST_DBNAME="${APP_PREFIX}_${RUN_ID}"
+   fi
+   TEST_DBNAME_OTHER="${TEST_DBNAME}-ot"
+   SETTINGS_FILE="${TEST_DBNAME}_settings"
+   create_settings
+   if [ -z "$SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST" ]; then
+       python3 runtests.py "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" --verbosity=3 --noinput --settings "$SETTINGS_FILE" &
+       PIDS="$PIDS $!"
+   else
+       python3 runtests.py "$DJANGO_TEST_APP" --verbosity=3 --noinput --settings "$SETTINGS_FILE" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
+   fi
+done
+for PID in $PIDS
+do
+   wait "$PID" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
 done
 exit $EXIT_STATUS
diff --git a/packages/django-google-spanner/run_testing_worker.py b/packages/django-google-spanner/run_testing_worker.py
index 06c295b73650..b572912a6226 100644
--- a/packages/django-google-spanner/run_testing_worker.py
+++ b/packages/django-google-spanner/run_testing_worker.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc, exc_value, traceback):
 suite = os.environ.get("DJANGO_TEST_SUITE", "./django_test_suite_6.0.sh")
 with TestInstance() as instance_name:
     os.system(
-        """DJANGO_TEST_APPS="{apps}" SPANNER_TEST_INSTANCE={instance} bash {suite}""".format(
+        """RUNNING_SPANNER_BACKEND_TESTS=1 DJANGO_TEST_APPS="{apps}" SPANNER_TEST_INSTANCE={instance} bash {suite}""".format(
             apps=" ".join(test_apps), instance=instance_name, suite=suite
         )
     )