diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/processing/Processing.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/processing/Processing.scala
index 9799307..cc611f1 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/processing/Processing.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes/processing/Processing.scala
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 package com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.lakes.processing
 
 import cats.implicits._
+import cats.effect.implicits._
 import cats.data.NonEmptyList
-import cats.{Applicative, Functor, Monad, Monoid}
+import cats.{Applicative, Functor, Monad, Monoid, Parallel}
 import cats.effect.{Async, Sync}
 import cats.effect.kernel.{Ref, Unique}
 import fs2.{Pipe, Pull, Stream}
@@ -117,12 +118,12 @@ object Processing {
   // cannot make 100% use of the available cpu.
   //
   // The computation is wrapped in Applicative[F].pure() so the Cats Effect runtime can cede to other fibers
-  private def parseBytes[F[_]: Applicative](
+  private def parseBytes[F[_]: Applicative: Parallel](
     processor: BadRowProcessor
   ): Pipe[F, List[Array[Byte]], (List[BadRow], List[Parsed])] =
     _.evalMap { list =>
       list
-        .traverse { bytes =>
+        .parTraverse { bytes =>
           Applicative[F].pure {
             val stringified = new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
             Event
@@ -180,12 +181,12 @@ object Processing {
   // available cpu.
   //
   // The computation is wrapped in Applicative[F].pure() so the Cats Effect runtime can cede to other fibers
-  private def transformToSpark[F[_]: Applicative](
+  private def transformToSpark[F[_]: Applicative: Parallel](
     processor: BadRowProcessor
   ): Pipe[F, BatchWithTypes, (List[BadRow], RowsWithSchema)] =
     _.evalMap { case BatchWithTypes(events, entities) =>
       events
-        .traverse { event =>
+        .parTraverse { event =>
           Applicative[F].pure {
             Transform.eventToRow(processor, event, entities)
           }