diff --git a/tools/lint-go-gopls.sh b/tools/lint-go-gopls.sh
index 2cd26ca6fe..63f349fe43 100755
--- a/tools/lint-go-gopls.sh
+++ b/tools/lint-go-gopls.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,29 @@ IGNORE_PATTERNS=(
   "is deprecated" # TODO: fix these
 )
 
+# Install gopls if not already installed, then use the installed binary for
+# faster execution. Using 'go run' each time adds overhead.
+"$GO" install "$GOPLS_PACKAGE"
+GOPLS_BIN=$("$GO" env GOPATH)/bin/gopls
+
+# Verify gopls was installed successfully
+if [[ ! -x "$GOPLS_BIN" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: Failed to install gopls" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Parallelism is configurable via GOPLS_PARALLEL env var.
+# Default to 1 (sequential) to avoid memory pressure on local machines.
+# CI can set a higher value if desired (e.g., GOPLS_PARALLEL=4).
+PARALLEL=${GOPLS_PARALLEL:-1}
+
 # lint all go files with 'gopls check' and look for lines starting with the
 # current absolute path, indicating a error was found. This is necessary
 # because the tool does not set non-zero exit code when errors are found.
 # ref: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/67078
-ERROR_LINES=$("$GO" run "$GOPLS_PACKAGE" check -severity=warning "$@" 2>/dev/null | grep -E "^$PWD" | grep -vFf <(printf '%s\n' "${IGNORE_PATTERNS[@]}"));
+# Use xargs with configurable parallelism (-P) to process files.
+# Use null-delimited format (-0) to handle filenames with spaces correctly.
+ERROR_LINES=$(printf '%s\0' "$@" | xargs -0 -P "$PARALLEL" -n 100 "$GOPLS_BIN" check -severity=warning 2>/dev/null | grep -E "^$PWD" | grep -vFf <(printf '%s\n' "${IGNORE_PATTERNS[@]}"));
 NUM_ERRORS=$(echo -n "$ERROR_LINES" | wc -l)
 
 if [ "$NUM_ERRORS" -eq "0" ]; then