diff --git a/libraries-stream/pom.xml b/libraries-stream/pom.xml
index 6cd931c299..fea437db6b 100644
--- a/libraries-stream/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-stream/pom.xml
@@ -49,11 +49,23 @@
 
     <properties>
         <jool.version>0.9.12</jool.version>
-        <parallel-collectors.version>2.6.0</parallel-collectors.version>
+        <parallel-collectors.version>3.0.0</parallel-collectors.version>
         <vavr.version>0.9.0</vavr.version>
         <eclipse-collections.version>8.2.0</eclipse-collections.version>
         <streamex.version>0.8.1</streamex.version>
         <protonpack.version>1.15</protonpack.version>
     </properties>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>21</source>
+                    <target>21</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/libraries-stream/src/test/java/com/baeldung/parallel_collectors/ParallelCollectorsVirtualThreadsManualTest.java b/libraries-stream/src/test/java/com/baeldung/parallel_collectors/ParallelCollectorsVirtualThreadsManualTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3038fb74f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-stream/src/test/java/com/baeldung/parallel_collectors/ParallelCollectorsVirtualThreadsManualTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package com.baeldung.parallel_collectors;
+
+import com.pivovarit.collectors.ParallelCollectors;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+
+public class ParallelCollectorsVirtualThreadsManualTest {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ParallelCollectorsVirtualThreadsManualTest.class);
+
+    // increase the number of parallel processes to find the max number of threads on your machine
+    @Test
+    public void givenParallelism_whenUsingOSThreads_thenShouldRunOutOfThreads() {
+        int parallelProcesses = 50_000;
+
+        var e = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(parallelProcesses);
+
+        var result = timed(() -> Stream.iterate(0, i -> i + 1).limit(parallelProcesses)
+          .collect(ParallelCollectors.parallel(i -> fetchById(i), toList(), e, parallelProcesses))
+          .join());
+
+        log.info("{}", result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenParallelism_whenUsingVThreads_thenShouldProcessInParallel() {
+        int parallelProcesses = 1000_000;
+
+        var result = timed(() -> Stream.iterate(0, i -> i + 1).limit(parallelProcesses)
+          .collect(ParallelCollectors.parallel(i -> fetchById(i), toList()))
+          .join());
+
+        log.info("{}", result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenParallelismAndPCollectors2_whenUsingVThreads_thenShouldProcessInParallel() {
+        int parallelProcesses = 1000_000;
+
+        var result = timed(() -> Stream.iterate(0, i -> i + 1).limit(parallelProcesses)
+          .collect(ParallelCollectors.parallel(i -> fetchById(i), toList(), Executors.newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor(), Integer.MAX_VALUE))
+          .join());
+
+        log.info("{}", result);
+    }
+
+    private static String fetchById(int id) {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            // ignore shamelessly
+        }
+
+        return "user-" + id;
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T timed(Supplier<T> supplier) {
+        var before = Instant.now();
+        T result = supplier.get();
+        var after = Instant.now();
+        log.info("Execution time: {} ms", Duration.between(before, after).toMillis());
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60d42c5517..54c54bf7b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
                 <module>libraries-security</module>
                 <module>libraries-server-2</module>
                 <module>libraries-server</module>
-                <module>libraries-stream</module>
+<!--                <module>libraries-stream</module> JDK21-->
                 <module>libraries-testing-2</module>
                 <module>libraries-transform</module>
                 <module>libraries</module> <!-- very long running -->