diff --git a/loadable-react-16/package.json b/loadable-react-16/package.json
index 2736fc3c8f..96b65d1067 100644
--- a/loadable-react-16/package.json
+++ b/loadable-react-16/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   "ignored": true,
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "pnpm --filter loadable-react-16_* --parallel start",
+    "start": "node scripts/run-servers.cjs",
     "build": "pnpm --filter loadable-react-16_* build",
-    "serve": "pnpm --filter loadable-react-16_* --parallel serve",
+    "serve": "node scripts/run-servers.cjs --skip-build",
     "clean": "pnpm --filter loadable-react-16_* --parallel clean",
     "e2e:ci": "pnpm exec playwright test"
   },
diff --git a/loadable-react-16/scripts/run-servers.cjs b/loadable-react-16/scripts/run-servers.cjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8bbc140593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loadable-react-16/scripts/run-servers.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const waitOn = require('wait-on');
+
+const skipBuild = process.argv.includes('--skip-build');
+const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+const longRunningProcesses = [];
+let isShuttingDown = false;
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => shutdown(0));
+process.on('SIGTERM', () => shutdown(0));
+
+function spawnPnpmProcess(args) {
+  return spawn('pnpm', args, {
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    shell: isWindows,
+  });
+}
+
+function runCommand(args, label) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const command = spawnPnpmProcess(args);
+
+    command.on('error', error => {
+      reject(new Error(`${label} failed to start: ${error.message}`));
+    });
+
+    command.on('exit', code => {
+      if (code === 0) {
+        resolve();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      reject(new Error(`${label} exited with code ${code ?? 0}`));
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function spawnServer(args, label) {
+  const serverProcess = spawnPnpmProcess(args);
+
+  longRunningProcesses.push(serverProcess);
+
+  serverProcess.on('error', error => {
+    console.error(`${label} failed: ${error.message}`);
+    shutdown(1);
+  });
+
+  serverProcess.on('exit', code => {
+    if (isShuttingDown) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const exitCode = typeof code === 'number' ? code : 1;
+    console.error(`${label} exited with code ${exitCode}`);
+    shutdown(exitCode === 0 ? 0 : exitCode);
+  });
+
+  return serverProcess;
+}
+
+function waitForResources(resources) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    waitOn(
+      {
+        resources,
+        interval: 200,
+        timeout: 120_000,
+        validateStatus: status => status >= 200 && status < 500,
+      },
+      error => {
+        if (error) {
+          reject(error);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        resolve();
+      },
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+function shutdown(code = 0) {
+  if (isShuttingDown) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  isShuttingDown = true;
+
+  const terminationPromises = longRunningProcesses.map(child => {
+    if (child.exitCode !== null || child.killed) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    return new Promise(resolve => {
+      child.once('exit', resolve);
+
+      if (!child.killed) {
+        child.kill('SIGTERM');
+      }
+
+      const forceKillTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+        if (child.exitCode === null && !child.killed) {
+          child.kill('SIGKILL');
+        }
+        clearTimeout(forceKillTimeout);
+      }, 5000);
+    });
+  });
+
+  Promise.allSettled(terminationPromises).finally(() => {
+    process.exit(code);
+  });
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  try {
+    if (!skipBuild) {
+      console.log('Building loadable-react-16 applications...');
+      await runCommand(['--filter', 'loadable-react-16_*', 'build'], 'Build command');
+      console.log('Build completed successfully.');
+    }
+
+    console.log('Starting loadable-react-16_app2 server...');
+    spawnServer(['--filter', 'loadable-react-16_app2', 'serve'], 'loadable-react-16_app2 serve');
+
+    console.log('Waiting for app2 remote assets to become available...');
+    await waitForResources([
+      'http-get://localhost:3001/server/remoteEntry.js',
+      'http-get://localhost:3001/static/federation-stats.json',
+    ]);
+    console.log('App2 remote assets are available. Starting loadable-react-16_app1 server...');
+
+    spawnServer(['--filter', 'loadable-react-16_app1', 'serve'], 'loadable-react-16_app1 serve');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error && error.message ? error.message : error);
+    shutdown(1);
+  }
+}
+
+main();