diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b15d906..1637b63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ and a [.golangci.yml](https://golangci-lint.run/usage/configuration/).
 
 <!-- markdownlint-enable MD013 -->
 
-## Integration
+### Integration
 
 To execute integration tests, make sure that the code is located in a file with
 a `_integration_test.go` postfix, such as `some_integration_test.go`.
@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@ Additionally, include the following header in the file:
 After adding this header, issue the command `go test ./... --tags=integration`
 as demonstrated in this example. This action will run both unit and integration
 tests. If the `--tags` step is omitted, only unit tests will be executed.
+
+### Component
+
+See the integration paragraph for the steps and replace `integration` with
+`component` to run them.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 5f269a8..4e190f0 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ inputs:
   golang-number-of-tests-in-parallel:
     description: |
       Number of test in parallel.
-    default: "4"
   trivy-action-db:
     default: "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-db:2"
     description: |
@@ -120,32 +119,50 @@ runs:
     - name: unit tests
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        go test \
-          -p ${{ inputs.golang-number-of-tests-in-parallel }} \
-          -race \
-          -short \
-          -v \
-          $(go list ./... | grep -v '${{ inputs.golang-unit-tests-exclusions }}')
+        ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/src/go-test.sh \
+          "" \
+          "" \
+          "${{ inputs.golang-number-of-tests-in-parallel }}" \
+          "${{ inputs.golang-unit-tests-exclusions }}" \
+          ""
     #
     # Unit & integration tests including code coverage.
     #
     - name: unit & integrations tests and code coverage
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        go test \
-          -coverpkg=./... \
-          -coverprofile=profile.cov \
-          -p ${{ inputs.golang-number-of-tests-in-parallel }} \
-          -race \
-          -short \
-          --tags=integration \
-          -v \
-          $(go list ./... | grep -v '${{ inputs.golang-unit-tests-exclusions }}')
-        code_coverage_actual=$(go tool cover -func profile.cov |\
+        ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/src/go-test.sh \
+          "./..." \
+          "profile.cov" \
+          "${{ inputs.golang-number-of-tests-in-parallel }}" \
+          "${{ inputs.golang-unit-tests-exclusions }}" \
+          "integration"
+
+        code_coverage_output=$(go tool cover -func profile.cov)
+        code_coverage_actual=$(echo ${code_coverage_output} |\
           grep total: |\
           awk '{print $3}' |\
           sed 's/%//')
+
+        echo "Code coverage overview:"
+        echo "${code_coverage_output}"
+
         if (( $(echo "${{ inputs.code_coverage_expected }} > ${code_coverage_actual}" | bc -l) )); then
           echo "The actual code coverage: '${code_coverage_actual}' is too low. Expected: '${{ inputs.code_coverage_expected }}'."
           exit 1
+        elif (( $(echo "${code_coverage_actual} > ${{ inputs.code_coverage_expected }}" | bc -l) )); then
+          echo "The actual code coverage: '${code_coverage_actual}' exceeds the expected coverage. Please adjust the threshold to align with the expected: '${{ inputs.code_coverage_expected }}'."
+          exit 1
         fi
+    #
+    # Component tests.
+    #
+    - name: component tests
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        ${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/src/go-test.sh \
+          "" \
+          "" \
+          "${{ inputs.golang-number-of-tests-in-parallel }}" \
+          "${{ inputs.golang-unit-tests-exclusions }}" \
+          "component"
diff --git a/src/go-test.sh b/src/go-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..71741d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+COVERPKG=$1
+COVERPROFILE=$2
+GOLANG_PARALLEL_TESTS=$3
+GOLANG_TEST_EXCLUSIONS=$4
+TAGS=$5
+
+variables() {
+  if [ -z "${GOLANG_PARALLEL_TESTS}" ]; then
+    if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+      GOLANG_PARALLEL_TESTS=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+    else
+      GOLANG_PARALLEL_TESTS=$(nproc)
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "${COVERPKG}" ]; then
+    COVERPKG="-coverpkg=${COVERPKG}"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "${COVERPROFILE}" ]; then
+    COVERPROFILE="-coverprofile=${COVERPROFILE}"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "${TAGS}" ]; then
+    TAGS="--tags=${TAGS}"
+  fi
+
+  echo "COVERPKG: ${COVERPKG}"
+  echo "COVERPROFILE: ${COVERPROFILE}"
+  echo "GOLANG_PARALLEL_TESTS: ${GOLANG_PARALLEL_TESTS}"
+  echo "GOLANG_TEST_EXCLUSIONS: ${GOLANG_TEST_EXCLUSIONS}"
+  echo "TAGS: ${TAGS}"
+}
+
+run_go_tests() {
+  go test \
+    -p "${GOLANG_PARALLEL_TESTS}" \
+    -race \
+    -short \
+    -v \
+    $COVERPKG \
+    $COVERPROFILE \
+    $TAGS \
+    $(go list $TAGS ./... | grep -v ${GOLANG_TEST_EXCLUSIONS})
+}
+
+main() {
+  variables
+  run_go_tests
+}
+
+main