diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 54f4697..6d1e475 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -229,6 +229,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9dd111b7b7f7d55b72c0a6ae361660ee5853c9af73f70c3c2ef6858b950e2e51"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b82ac4a3c2ca9c3460964f020e1402edd5753411d7737aa39c3714ad1b5420e"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d0a5c400df2834b80a4c3327b3aad3a4c4cd4de0629063962b03235697506a28"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -256,6 +281,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48c757948c5ede0e46177b7add2e67155f70e33c07fea8284df6576da70b3719"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encrypted_archive"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -270,6 +301,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hmac",
  "predicates",
  "rand",
+ "rayon",
  "sha2",
  "tempfile",
 ]
@@ -515,6 +547,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "368f01d005bf8fd9b1206fb6fa653e6c4a81ceb1466406b81792d87c5677a58f"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "rayon-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rayon-core"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22e18b0f0062d30d4230b2e85ff77fdfe4326feb054b9783a3460d8435c8ab91"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.12.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6cce685..87b6133 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10"
 flate2 = "1.1"
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
 rand = "0.9"
+rayon = "1.11"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]