diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bbeb52f2ce..78f898c7e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ lit-coverage:
 	@echo "Running lit tests with coverage"
 	$(DIALECTS_BUILD_DIR)/bin/catalyst --tool=opt --emit-bytecode --register-decomp-rule-resource $(MK_DIR)/frontend/test/lit/GraphDecomposition/test_rules.mlir > $(MK_DIR)/frontend/test/lit/GraphDecomposition/test_rules.mlirbc
 	CATALYST_LIBPYTHON=$$($(PYTHON) -c 'from catalyst.utils.runtime_environment import get_libpython_path; print(get_libpython_path())') ENABLE_LIT_COVERAGE=1 COVERAGE_FILE=$(MK_DIR)/.coverage.lit $(PYTHON) $(LLVM_BUILD_DIR)/bin/llvm-lit -sv frontend/test/lit -j$(shell nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
+	# Each lit worker writes its own .coverage.lit.<host>.<pid>.<random>; merge them into
+	# .coverage.lit, which coverage-frontend then combines with the pytest data.
+	$(PYTHON) -m coverage combine --data-file=$(MK_DIR)/.coverage.lit
 
 coverage-frontend:
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_ASAN),ON)
diff --git a/frontend/test/lit/lit.cfg.py b/frontend/test/lit/lit.cfg.py
index 97112084f9..898d90e39b 100644
--- a/frontend/test/lit/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/frontend/test/lit/lit.cfg.py
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@
     config.environment["COVERAGE_FILE"] = os.environ.get(
         "COVERAGE_FILE", os.path.join(project_root, ".coverage.lit")
     )
+    # lit runs tests in parallel, and coverage's data file is a SQLite database that does not
+    # tolerate concurrent writers. `--parallel-mode` gives each process its own
+    # `.coverage.lit.<host>.<pid>.<random>` file, which `coverage combine` merges afterwards.
     python_executable = (
-        f"{python_executable} -m coverage run --source={catalyst_source} --append --branch"
+        f"{python_executable} -m coverage run --source={catalyst_source} --parallel-mode --branch"
     )
 
 config.substitutions.append(("%PYTHON", python_executable))