diff --git a/waddrmgr/manager_test.go b/waddrmgr/manager_test.go
index 2dcf128..f922146 100644
--- a/waddrmgr/manager_test.go
+++ b/waddrmgr/manager_test.go
@@ -1453,6 +1453,8 @@ func testSync(tc *testContext) bool {
 // It makes use of a test context because the address manager is persistent and
 // much of the testing involves having specific state.
 func TestManager(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	dbName := "mgrtest.bin"
 	_ = os.Remove(dbName)
 	db, mgrNamespace, err := createDbNamespace(dbName)