diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs
index c8bf26a174..988bbf3ebc 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/snapshot.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::ops::RangeFrom;
 
+use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::runtime::spawn;
 use crate::spec::{
     DataFile, DataFileFormat, FormatVersion, MAIN_BRANCH, ManifestContentType, ManifestEntry,
     ManifestFile, ManifestListWriter, ManifestWriter, ManifestWriterBuilder, Operation, Snapshot,
@@ -175,17 +177,24 @@ impl<'a> SnapshotProducer<'a> {
             let manifest_list = current_snapshot
                 .load_manifest_list(self.table.file_io(), &self.table.metadata_ref())
                 .await?;
-            for manifest_list_entry in manifest_list.entries() {
-                let manifest = manifest_list_entry
-                    .load_manifest(self.table.file_io())
-                    .await?;
-                for entry in manifest.entries() {
-                    let file_path = entry.file_path();
-                    if new_files.contains(file_path) && entry.is_alive() {
-                        referenced_files.push(file_path.to_string());
+
+            let entries: Vec<_> = manifest_list.consume_entries().into_iter().collect();
+            futures::stream::iter(entries)
+                .map(|entry| {
+                    let file_io = self.table.file_io().clone();
+                    spawn(async move { entry.load_manifest(&file_io).await })
+                })
+                .buffer_unordered(32)
+                .try_for_each(|manifest| {
+                    for entry in manifest.entries() {
+                        let file_path = entry.file_path();
+                        if new_files.contains(file_path) && entry.is_alive() {
+                            referenced_files.push(file_path.to_string());
+                        }
                     }
-                }
-            }
+                    std::future::ready(Ok(()))
+                })
+                .await?;
         }
 
         if !referenced_files.is_empty() {