diff --git a/.golangci.reference.yml b/.golangci.reference.yml
index 18c34aafd0d3..2ee3375df8b3 100644
--- a/.golangci.reference.yml
+++ b/.golangci.reference.yml
@@ -1340,6 +1340,10 @@ linters-settings:
     # Ignore missing calls to `t.Parallel()` and only report incorrect uses of it.
     # Default: false
     ignore-missing: true
+    # Ignore missing calls to `t.Parallel()` in subtests. Top-level tests are
+    # still required to have `t.Parallel`, but subtests are allowed to skip it.
+    # Default: false
+    ignore-missing-subtests: true
 
   prealloc:
     # IMPORTANT: we don't recommend using this linter before doing performance profiling.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 530f4c0c159c..5f93b18351c5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.6.3
 	github.com/kkHAIKE/contextcheck v1.1.4
 	github.com/kulti/thelper v0.6.3
-	github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.7
+	github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.8
 	github.com/kyoh86/exportloopref v0.1.11
 	github.com/ldez/gomoddirectives v0.2.3
 	github.com/ldez/tagliatelle v0.5.0
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/bosi/decorder v0.4.0
 	go.tmz.dev/musttag v0.7.1
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230510235704-dd950f8aeaea
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.11.0
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.11.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.4.3
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9251a1d8f7a0..1facde477af8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ github.com/kulti/thelper v0.6.3 h1:ElhKf+AlItIu+xGnI990no4cE2+XaSu1ULymV2Yulxs=
 github.com/kulti/thelper v0.6.3/go.mod h1:DsqKShOvP40epevkFrvIwkCMNYxMeTNjdWL4dqWHZ6I=
 github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.7 h1:2uCk94js0+nVNQoHZNLBkAR1DQJrVzw6T0RMzJn55dQ=
 github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.7/go.mod h1:2C7s65hONVqY7Q5Efj5aLzRCNLjw2h4eMc9EcypGjcY=
+github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.8 h1:Ul2KsqtzFxTlSU7IP0JusWlLiNqQaloB9vguyjbE558=
+github.com/kunwardeep/paralleltest v1.0.8/go.mod h1:2C7s65hONVqY7Q5Efj5aLzRCNLjw2h4eMc9EcypGjcY=
 github.com/kyoh86/exportloopref v0.1.11 h1:1Z0bcmTypkL3Q4k+IDHMWTcnCliEZcaPiIe0/ymEyhQ=
 github.com/kyoh86/exportloopref v0.1.11/go.mod h1:qkV4UF1zGl6EkF1ox8L5t9SwyeBAZ3qLMd6up458uqA=
 github.com/ldez/gomoddirectives v0.2.3 h1:y7MBaisZVDYmKvt9/l1mjNCiSA1BVn34U0ObUcJwlhA=
@@ -879,6 +881,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.5.0/go.mod h1:N+Kgy78s5I24c24dU8OfWNEotWjutIs8SnJvn5IDq+k=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.11.0 h1:EMCa6U9S2LtZXLAMoWiR/R8dAQFRqbAitmbJ2UKhoi8=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.11.0/go.mod h1:anzJrxPjNtfgiYQYirP2CPGzGLxrH2u2QBhn6Bf3qY8=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.11.1 h1:ojD5zOW8+7dOGzdnNgersm8aPfcDjhMp12UfG93NIMc=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.11.1/go.mod h1:anzJrxPjNtfgiYQYirP2CPGzGLxrH2u2QBhn6Bf3qY8=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
index a1778ed99eb8..0fc503254d40 100644
--- a/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
+++ b/pkg/config/linters_settings.go
@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ type NoNamedReturnsSettings struct {
 	ReportErrorInDefer bool `mapstructure:"report-error-in-defer"`
 }
 type ParallelTestSettings struct {
-	IgnoreMissing bool `mapstructure:"ignore-missing"`
+	IgnoreMissing         bool `mapstructure:"ignore-missing"`
+	IgnoreMissingSubtests bool `mapstructure:"ignore-missing-subtests"`
 }
 
 type PreallocSettings struct {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/paralleltest.go b/pkg/golinters/paralleltest.go
index 92201e4e2fc0..4c03952c10a2 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/paralleltest.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/paralleltest.go
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func NewParallelTest(settings *config.ParallelTestSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
-	a := paralleltest.Analyzer
+	a := paralleltest.NewAnalyzer()
 
 	var cfg map[string]map[string]any
 	if settings != nil {
 		cfg = map[string]map[string]any{
 			a.Name: {
-				"i": settings.IgnoreMissing,
+				"i":                     settings.IgnoreMissing,
+				"ignoremissingsubtests": settings.IgnoreMissingSubtests,
 			},
 		}
 	}