diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
index 1f43386..cc38df3 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@
 
   {%- if salt_roles %}
 - description: Configure salt-minion on {{ ssh['node_name'] }}
+  parallel: True
   cmd: |
     set -ex;
     [ ! -d /etc/salt/minion.d ] && mkdir -p /etc/salt/minion.d;