diff --git a/test/integration/options/jobs.spec.js b/test/integration/options/jobs.spec.js
index 832d825298..b2b7ef8672 100644
--- a/test/integration/options/jobs.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/options/jobs.spec.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('--jobs', function() {
       return expect(
         runMochaAsync(
           'options/jobs/fail-in-parallel',
-          ['--parallel', '--jobs', '2'],
+          ['--parallel', '--parallelForce', '--jobs', '2'],
           'pipe'
         ),
         'when fulfilled',
diff --git a/test/integration/options/parallel.spec.js b/test/integration/options/parallel.spec.js
index 8fc5389943..44d18b68e5 100644
--- a/test/integration/options/parallel.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/options/parallel.spec.js
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ describe('--parallel', function() {
     describe('when there is only a single test file', function() {
       it('should fail gracefully', function() {
         return expect(
-          runMochaAsync('options/parallel/syntax-err', ['--parallel']),
+          runMochaAsync('options/parallel/syntax-err', [
+            '--parallelForce',
+            '--parallel'
+          ]),
           'when fulfilled',
           'to have failed with output',
           /SyntaxError/
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ describe('--parallel', function() {
           [
             require.resolve('../fixtures/options/parallel/uncaught.fixture.js'),
             '--parallel',
+            '--parallelForce',
             '--allow-uncaught'
           ],
           'pipe'