diff --git a/src/Plugins/Tia.php b/src/Plugins/Tia.php
index 3e03f156..be761fc7 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Tia.php
+++ b/src/Plugins/Tia.php
@@ -1505,7 +1505,8 @@ final class Tia implements AddsOutput, HandlesArguments, HandlesOriginalArgument
 
     private function workerToken(): string
     {
-        $raw = $_SERVER['TEST_TOKEN'] ?? $_ENV['TEST_TOKEN'] ?? null;
+        $raw = $_SERVER['UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN'] ?? $_ENV['UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN']
+            ?? $_SERVER['TEST_TOKEN'] ?? $_ENV['TEST_TOKEN'] ?? null;
 
         $token = is_scalar($raw) ? (string) $raw : (string) getmypid();
         $token = preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/', '', $token);
diff --git a/tests/.snapshots/success.txt b/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
index d845a701..deecf6f3 100644
--- a/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
+++ b/tests/.snapshots/success.txt
@@ -2061,6 +2061,10 @@
   ✓ it accepts a page directory candidate only when it matches the casing on disk with ('wrong parent')
   ✓ it accepts a page directory candidate only when it matches the casing on disk with ('absent')
 
+   PASS  Tests\Unit\Plugins\Tia\WorkerToken
+  ✓ prefers the per-process UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN over the per-slot TEST_TOKEN, so two workers recycled into the same slot get different tokens
+  ✓ falls back to TEST_TOKEN when UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN is absent
+
    PASS  Tests\Unit\Preset
   ✓ preset invalid name
   ✓ preset → myFramework
@@ -2251,4 +2255,4 @@
   ✓ 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, 40 todos, 35 skipped, 1596 passed (3481 assertions)
\ No newline at end of file
+  Tests:    2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 2 notices, 40 todos, 35 skipped, 1598 passed (3485 assertions)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Plugins/Tia/WorkerToken.php b/tests/Unit/Plugins/Tia/WorkerToken.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d36623e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Plugins/Tia/WorkerToken.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+use Pest\Plugins\Tia;
+
+function tiaWorkerToken(): string
+{
+    $tia = new ReflectionClass(Tia::class)->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
+
+    return new ReflectionMethod($tia, 'workerToken')->invoke($tia);
+}
+
+beforeEach(function (): void {
+    unset(
+        $_SERVER['TEST_TOKEN'],
+        $_ENV['TEST_TOKEN'],
+        $_SERVER['UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN'],
+        $_ENV['UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN'],
+    );
+});
+
+test('prefers the per-process UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN over the per-slot TEST_TOKEN, so two workers recycled into the same slot get different tokens', function (): void {
+    $_SERVER['TEST_TOKEN'] = '2';
+
+    $_SERVER['UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN'] = '2_6a690d236824c';
+    $processA = tiaWorkerToken();
+
+    $_SERVER['UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN'] = '2_9f31be04117a';
+    $processB = tiaWorkerToken();
+
+    expect($processA)->toBe('2_6a690d236824c')
+        ->and($processB)->toBe('2_9f31be04117a')
+        ->and($processA)->not->toBe($processB);
+});
+
+test('falls back to TEST_TOKEN when UNIQUE_TEST_TOKEN is absent', function (): void {
+    $_SERVER['TEST_TOKEN'] = '3';
+
+    expect(tiaWorkerToken())->toBe('3');
+});
diff --git a/tests/Visual/Parallel.php b/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
index fa4af783..688475f7 100644
--- a/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
+++ b/tests/Visual/Parallel.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test('parallel', function () use ($run): void {
     $output = $run('--exclude-group=integration');
     $output = implode("\n", array_slice(explode("\n", (string) $output), -10));
 
-    $expected = '2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 3 notices, 40 todos, 27 skipped, 1578 passed (3426 assertions)';
+    $expected = '2 deprecated, 4 warnings, 5 incomplete, 3 notices, 40 todos, 27 skipped, 1580 passed (3430 assertions)';
 
     expect($output)
         ->toContain("Tests:    {$expected}")