diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Changelog for tmp-postgres
 
+1.29.0.1
+  #214 Parallel stop is 8 ms faster.
+
 1.29.0.0
   #211 Revert behavior of Permanent to not create the directory if it does not exist
   #210 The signature of takeSnapshot is not as useful as it could be breaking change
diff --git a/benchmark/Main.hs b/benchmark/Main.hs
--- a/benchmark/Main.hs
+++ b/benchmark/Main.hs
@@ -139,4 +139,6 @@
   , bench "withSnapshot" $ perRunEnvWithCleanup (either throwIO (pure . Once) =<< startConfig defaultConfig) (stop . unOnce) $
       \ ~(Once db) -> void $ withSnapshot db $ const $ pure ()
 
+  , bench "stop" $ perRunEnvWithCleanup (either throwIO (pure . Once) =<< start) (stop . unOnce) $
+      \ ~(Once db) -> stop db
   ]
diff --git a/src/Database/Postgres/Temp/Internal.hs b/src/Database/Postgres/Temp/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Database/Postgres/Temp/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Database/Postgres/Temp/Internal.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import Database.Postgres.Temp.Internal.Core
 import Database.Postgres.Temp.Internal.Config
 
+import qualified Control.Concurrent.Async as Async
 import           Control.DeepSeq
 import           Control.Exception
 import           Control.Monad (void, join)
@@ -328,9 +329,8 @@
 --
 --   @since 1.12.0.0
 stop :: DB -> IO ()
-stop DB {..} = do
-  void $ stopPlan dbPostgresProcess
-  cleanupConfig dbResources
+stop DB {..} =
+  Async.concurrently_ (stopPlan dbPostgresProcess) $ cleanupConfig dbResources
 
 -- | Only stop the @postgres@ process but leave any temporary resources.
 --   Useful for testing backup strategies when used in conjunction with
diff --git a/tmp-postgres.cabal b/tmp-postgres.cabal
--- a/tmp-postgres.cabal
+++ b/tmp-postgres.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                tmp-postgres
-version:             1.29.0.0
+version:             1.29.0.1
 synopsis: Start and stop a temporary postgres
 description: Start and stop a temporary postgres. See README.md
 homepage:            https://github.com/jfischoff/tmp-postgres#readme