diff --git a/src/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php b/src/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php
index 9cf5e606a..8b3b8cec5 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php
@@ -43,17 +43,20 @@ public function pushArgument(string $argument, array $arguments): array
     }
 
     /**
-     * Pops the given argument from the arguments.
+     * Pops the given argument from the arguments and returns a re-indexed array.
      *
      * @param  array<int, string>  $arguments
      * @return array<int, string>
      */
     public function popArgument(string $argument, array $arguments): array
     {
-        $arguments = array_flip($arguments);
+        $key = array_search($argument, $arguments, true);
 
-        unset($arguments[$argument]);
+        if ($key !== false) {
+            unset($arguments[$key]);
+        }
+
+        return array_values($arguments);
 
-        return array_values(array_flip($arguments));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Coverage.php b/src/Plugins/Coverage.php
index 712f5de55..5e2999611 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Coverage.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Coverage.php
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 final class Coverage implements AddsOutput, HandlesArguments
 {
+    use Concerns\HandleArguments;
+
     private const string COVERAGE_OPTION = 'coverage';
 
     private const string MIN_OPTION = 'min';
@@ -70,11 +72,9 @@ public function handleArguments(array $originals): array
             return false;
         }))];
 
-        $originals = array_flip($originals);
         foreach ($arguments as $argument) {
-            unset($originals[$argument]);
+            $originals = $this->popArgument($argument, $originals);
         }
-        $originals = array_flip($originals);
 
         $inputs = [];
         $inputs[] = new InputOption(self::COVERAGE_OPTION, null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE);
diff --git a/tests/.snapshots/success.txt b/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
index bfa91bb1b..c133234b2 100644
--- a/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
+++ b/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
@@ -1608,6 +1608,8 @@
   ✓ method hasArgument with ('someValue', true)
   ✓ method hasArgument with ('--a', false)
   ✓ method hasArgument with ('--undefined-argument', false)
+  ✓ popArgument keeps non-unique array item when called with missing argument
+  ✓ popArgument keeps non-unique array item when called with existing argument
 
    PASS  Tests\Unit\Plugins\Environment
   ✓ environment is set to CI when --ci option is used
@@ -1755,6 +1757,7 @@
 
    PASS  Tests\Visual\Parallel
   ✓ parallel
+  ✓ parallel can have multiple exclude-groups
   ✓ a parallel test can extend another test with same name
 
    PASS  Tests\Visual\SingleTestOrDirectory
@@ -1782,4 +1785,4 @@
   ✓ pass with dataset with ('my-datas-set-value')
   ✓ within describe → pass with dataset with ('my-datas-set-value')
 
-  Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 39 todos, 35 skipped, 1188 passed (2814 assertions)
\ No newline at end of file
+  Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 39 todos, 35 skipped, 1191 passed (2818 assertions)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php b/tests/Unit/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php
index 5cc91bb53..cca3f7d64 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 use Pest\Plugins\Concerns\HandleArguments;
 
+beforeEach(function () {
+    $this->handler = new class
+    {
+        use HandleArguments;
+    };
+});
+
 test('method hasArgument', function (string $argument, bool $expectedResult) {
     $obj = new class
     {
@@ -24,3 +31,17 @@
     ['--a', false],
     ['--undefined-argument', false],
 ]);
+
+test('popArgument keeps non-unique array item when called with missing argument', function () {
+    $arguments = ['--verbose', '--exclude-group', 'firstGroup', '--exclude-group', 'secondGroup',  '--filter=MyTest'];
+    $result = $this->handler->popArgument('--missingitem', $arguments);
+
+    expect($result)->toBe($arguments);
+});
+
+test('popArgument keeps non-unique array item when called with existing argument', function () {
+    $arguments = ['--verbose', '--exclude-group', 'firstGroup', '--exclude-group', 'secondGroup',  '--filter=MyTest'];
+    $result = $this->handler->popArgument('--verbose', $arguments);
+
+    expect($result)->toBe(['--exclude-group', 'firstGroup', '--exclude-group', 'secondGroup',  '--filter=MyTest']);
+});
diff --git a/tests/Visual/Parallel.php b/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
index 93d2059d5..3dac77a58 100644
--- a/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
+++ b/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
@@ -16,7 +16,15 @@
 
 test('parallel', function () use ($run) {
     expect($run('--exclude-group=integration'))
-        ->toContain('Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 39 todos, 26 skipped, 1177 passed (2790 assertions)')
+        ->toContain('Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 39 todos, 26 skipped, 1179 passed (2792 assertions)')
+        ->toContain('Parallel: 3 processes');
+})->skipOnWindows();
+
+test('parallel can have multiple exclude-groups', function () use ($run) {
+    $args = ['--exclude-group=integration', '--exclude-group=container'];
+
+    expect($run(...$args))
+        ->toContain('Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 39 todos, 26 skipped, 1173 passed (2785 assertions)')
         ->toContain('Parallel: 3 processes');
 })->skipOnWindows();
 
diff --git a/tests/Visual/Todo.php b/tests/Visual/Todo.php
index 21b8963d1..24415c703 100644
--- a/tests/Visual/Todo.php
+++ b/tests/Visual/Todo.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
 $run = function (string $target, bool $parallel) {
-    $process = new Process(['php', 'bin/pest', $target, $parallel ? '--parallel' : ''], dirname(__DIR__, 2),
+    $process = new Process(['php', 'bin/pest', $target, ...($parallel ? ['--parallel'] : [])], dirname(__DIR__, 2),
         ['COLLISION_PRINTER' => 'DefaultPrinter', 'COLLISION_IGNORE_DURATION' => 'true'],
     );