diff --git a/integrations/fastembed/src/haystack_integrations/components/embedders/fastembed/fastembed_text_embedder.py b/integrations/fastembed/src/haystack_integrations/components/embedders/fastembed/fastembed_text_embedder.py
index 455a1f94b..3f01752cd 100644
--- a/integrations/fastembed/src/haystack_integrations/components/embedders/fastembed/fastembed_text_embedder.py
+++ b/integrations/fastembed/src/haystack_integrations/components/embedders/fastembed/fastembed_text_embedder.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def __init__(
         suffix: str = "",
         batch_size: int = 256,
         progress_bar: bool = True,
+        parallel: int = None,
     ):
         """
         Create a FastembedTextEmbedder component.
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.suffix = suffix
         self.batch_size = batch_size
         self.progress_bar = progress_bar
+        self.parallel = parallel
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             suffix=self.suffix,
             batch_size=self.batch_size,
             progress_bar=self.progress_bar,
+            parallel=self.parallel,
         )
 
     def warm_up(self):
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ def run(self, text: str):
                 text_to_embed,
                 batch_size=self.batch_size,
                 show_progress_bar=self.progress_bar,
+                parallel=self.parallel,
             )[0]
         )
         return {"embedding": embedding}
diff --git a/integrations/fastembed/tests/test_fastembed_text_embedder.py b/integrations/fastembed/tests/test_fastembed_text_embedder.py
index 3a7588263..42134a60e 100644
--- a/integrations/fastembed/tests/test_fastembed_text_embedder.py
+++ b/integrations/fastembed/tests/test_fastembed_text_embedder.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def test_init_default(self):
         assert embedder.suffix == ""
         assert embedder.batch_size == 256
         assert embedder.progress_bar is True
+        assert embedder.parallel is None
 
     def test_init_with_parameters(self):
         """
@@ -30,12 +31,14 @@ def test_init_with_parameters(self):
             suffix="suffix",
             batch_size=64,
             progress_bar=False,
+            parallel=1,
         )
         assert embedder.model_name == "BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5"
         assert embedder.prefix == "prefix"
         assert embedder.suffix == "suffix"
         assert embedder.batch_size == 64
         assert embedder.progress_bar is False
+        assert embedder.parallel == 1
 
     def test_to_dict(self):
         """
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ def test_to_dict(self):
                 "suffix": "",
                 "batch_size": 256,
                 "progress_bar": True,
+                "parallel": None,
             },
         }
 
@@ -64,6 +68,7 @@ def test_to_dict_with_custom_init_parameters(self):
             suffix="suffix",
             batch_size=64,
             progress_bar=False,
+            parallel=1,
         )
         embedder_dict = embedder.to_dict()
         assert embedder_dict == {
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ def test_to_dict_with_custom_init_parameters(self):
                 "suffix": "suffix",
                 "batch_size": 64,
                 "progress_bar": False,
+                "parallel": 1,
             },
         }
 
@@ -89,6 +95,7 @@ def test_from_dict(self):
                 "suffix": "",
                 "batch_size": 256,
                 "progress_bar": True,
+                "parallel": None,
             },
         }
         embedder = default_from_dict(FastembedTextEmbedder, embedder_dict)
@@ -97,6 +104,7 @@ def test_from_dict(self):
         assert embedder.suffix == ""
         assert embedder.batch_size == 256
         assert embedder.progress_bar is True
+        assert embedder.parallel is None
 
     def test_from_dict_with_custom_init_parameters(self):
         """
@@ -110,6 +118,7 @@ def test_from_dict_with_custom_init_parameters(self):
                 "suffix": "suffix",
                 "batch_size": 64,
                 "progress_bar": False,
+                "parallel": 1,
             },
         }
         embedder = default_from_dict(FastembedTextEmbedder, embedder_dict)
@@ -118,6 +127,7 @@ def test_from_dict_with_custom_init_parameters(self):
         assert embedder.suffix == "suffix"
         assert embedder.batch_size == 64
         assert embedder.progress_bar is False
+        assert embedder.parallel == 1
 
     @patch(
         "haystack_integrations.components.embedders.fastembed.fastembed_text_embedder._FastembedEmbeddingBackendFactory"