diff --git a/server/events/project_command_builder.go b/server/events/project_command_builder.go
index 3f28e64470..fc7c9b6f16 100644
--- a/server/events/project_command_builder.go
+++ b/server/events/project_command_builder.go
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ func (p *DefaultProjectCommandBuilder) buildProjectCommandCtx(ctx *CommandContex
 					repoDir,
 					automerge,
 					projCfg.DeleteSourceBranchOnMerge,
-					parallelPlan,
 					parallelApply,
+					parallelPlan,
 					verbose,
 				)...)
 		}
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ func (p *DefaultProjectCommandBuilder) buildProjectCommandCtx(ctx *CommandContex
 				repoDir,
 				automerge,
 				projCfg.DeleteSourceBranchOnMerge,
-				parallelPlan,
 				parallelApply,
+				parallelPlan,
 				verbose,
 			)...)
 	}
diff --git a/server/events/project_command_builder_test.go b/server/events/project_command_builder_test.go
index 87907eb8fb..f39d52dd49 100644
--- a/server/events/project_command_builder_test.go
+++ b/server/events/project_command_builder_test.go
@@ -170,15 +170,17 @@ projects:
 // Test building a plan and apply command for one project.
 func TestDefaultProjectCommandBuilder_BuildSinglePlanApplyCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
-		Description    string
-		AtlantisYAML   string
-		Cmd            events.CommentCommand
-		ExpCommentArgs []string
-		ExpWorkspace   string
-		ExpDir         string
-		ExpProjectName string
-		ExpErr         string
-		ExpApplyReqs   []string
+		Description      string
+		AtlantisYAML     string
+		Cmd              events.CommentCommand
+		ExpCommentArgs   []string
+		ExpWorkspace     string
+		ExpDir           string
+		ExpProjectName   string
+		ExpErr           string
+		ExpApplyReqs     []string
+		ExpParallelApply bool
+		ExpParallelPlan  bool
 	}{
 		{
 			Description: "no atlantis.yaml",
@@ -342,6 +344,29 @@ projects:
 `,
 			ExpErr: "no project with name \"notconfigured\" is defined in atlantis.yaml",
 		},
+		{
+			Description: "atlantis.yaml with ParallelPlan Set to true",
+			Cmd: events.CommentCommand{
+				Name:        models.PlanCommand,
+				RepoRelDir:  ".",
+				Workspace:   "default",
+				ProjectName: "myproject",
+			},
+			AtlantisYAML: `
+version: 3
+parallel_plan: true
+projects:
+- name: myproject
+  dir: .
+  workspace: myworkspace
+`,
+			ExpParallelPlan:  true,
+			ExpParallelApply: false,
+			ExpDir:           ".",
+			ExpWorkspace:     "myworkspace",
+			ExpProjectName:   "myproject",
+			ExpApplyReqs:     []string{},
+		},
 	}
 
 	logger := logging.NewNoopLogger(t)
@@ -403,6 +428,8 @@ projects:
 				Equals(t, c.ExpCommentArgs, actCtx.EscapedCommentArgs)
 				Equals(t, c.ExpProjectName, actCtx.ProjectName)
 				Equals(t, c.ExpApplyReqs, actCtx.ApplyRequirements)
+				Equals(t, c.ExpParallelApply, actCtx.ParallelApplyEnabled)
+				Equals(t, c.ExpParallelPlan, actCtx.ParallelPlanEnabled)
 			})
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/server/events/project_command_context_builder.go b/server/events/project_command_context_builder.go
index f681ec4df7..f269a68258 100644
--- a/server/events/project_command_context_builder.go
+++ b/server/events/project_command_context_builder.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type ProjectCommandContextBuilder interface {
 		prjCfg valid.MergedProjectCfg,
 		commentFlags []string,
 		repoDir string,
-		automerge, deleteSourceBranchOnMerge, parallelPlan, parallelApply, verbose bool,
+		automerge, deleteSourceBranchOnMerge, parallelApply, parallelPlan, verbose bool,
 	) []models.ProjectCommandContext
 }
 
diff --git a/server/events/project_command_context_builder_test.go b/server/events/project_command_context_builder_test.go
index d0a3de9bdd..ee85eabb74 100644
--- a/server/events/project_command_context_builder_test.go
+++ b/server/events/project_command_context_builder_test.go
@@ -81,4 +81,25 @@ func TestProjectCommandContextBuilder_PullStatus(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, models.ErroredPolicyCheckStatus, result[0].ProjectPlanStatus)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("when ParallelApply is set to true", func(t *testing.T) {
+		projCfg.Name = "Apply Comment"
+		When(mockCommentBuilder.BuildPlanComment(projRepoRelDir, projWorkspace, "", []string{})).ThenReturn(expectedPlanCmt)
+		When(mockCommentBuilder.BuildApplyComment(projRepoRelDir, projWorkspace, "")).ThenReturn(expectedApplyCmt)
+		pullStatus.Projects = []models.ProjectStatus{
+			{
+				Status:     models.ErroredPlanStatus,
+				RepoRelDir: "dir2",
+			},
+			{
+				Status:     models.ErroredPolicyCheckStatus,
+				RepoRelDir: "dir1",
+			},
+		}
+
+		result := subject.BuildProjectContext(commandCtx, models.PlanCommand, projCfg, []string{}, "some/dir", false, false, true, false, false)
+
+		assert.True(t, result[0].ParallelApplyEnabled)
+		assert.False(t, result[0].ParallelPlanEnabled)
+	})
 }