diff --git a/crates/prover/Cargo.toml b/crates/prover/Cargo.toml
index 3c9de2969..2b2cbe4c0 100644
--- a/crates/prover/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/prover/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-parallel = ["rayon"]
+parallel = []
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ starknet-crypto = "0.6.2"
 starknet-ff = "0.3.7"
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
-rayon = { version = "1.10.0", optional = true }
+rayon = { version = "1.10.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 aligned = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/column.rs b/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/column.rs
index 19954d0bd..9287e273c 100644
--- a/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/column.rs
+++ b/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/column.rs
@@ -226,8 +226,18 @@ impl<'a> SecureColumnMutSlice<'a> {
         *self.0[2].get_unchecked_mut(vec_index) = c;
         *self.0[3].get_unchecked_mut(vec_index) = d;
     }
+    pub fn chunks_mut(&mut self, chunk_pack_size: usize) -> Vec<SecureColumnMutSlice<'_>> {
+        let mut_refs = self.0.get_many_mut([0, 1, 2, 3]).unwrap();
+        let [a, b, c, d] = mut_refs.map(|c| c.chunks_mut(chunk_pack_size).collect_vec());
+        izip!(a, b, c, d)
+            .map(|(a, b, c, d)| SecureColumnMutSlice([a, b, c, d]))
+            .collect()
+    }
+    pub fn as_ref(&self) -> SecureColumnSlice<'_> {
+        let refs = std::array::from_fn(|i| &self.0[i]);
+        SecureColumnSlice(refs.map(|c| &**c))
+    }
 }
-
 impl SecureColumn<SimdBackend> {
     pub fn as_ref(&self) -> SecureColumnSlice<'_> {
         assert_eq!(self.columns[0].length, self.columns[0].data.len() * N_LANES);
diff --git a/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/quotients.rs b/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/quotients.rs
index b011bd098..668e55c29 100644
--- a/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/quotients.rs
+++ b/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/quotients.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ use std::iter::zip;
 
 use itertools::izip;
 use num_traits::{One, Zero};
+#[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+use rayon::prelude::*;
 
 use super::column::SecureFieldVec;
 use super::m31::{PackedBaseField, LOG_N_LANES, N_LANES};
 use super::qm31::PackedSecureField;
 use super::SimdBackend;
 use crate::core::backend::cpu::quotients::{batch_random_coeffs, QuotientConstants};
+use crate::core::backend::simd::utils::MaybeParIter;
 use crate::core::backend::{Col, Column};
 use crate::core::circle::CirclePoint;
 use crate::core::fields::m31::BaseField;
@@ -31,25 +34,34 @@ impl QuotientOps for SimdBackend {
         let quotient_constants = quotient_constants(sample_batches, random_coeff, domain);
 
         // TODO(spapini): bit reverse iterator.
-        for vec_row in 0..1 << (domain.log_size() - LOG_N_LANES) {
-            // TODO(spapini): Optimize this, for the small number of columns case.
-            let points = std::array::from_fn(|i| {
-                domain.at(bit_reverse_index(
-                    (vec_row << LOG_N_LANES) + i,
-                    domain.log_size(),
-                ))
+        const PACK_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 1 << 5;
+        values
+            .as_mut()
+            .chunks_mut(PACK_CHUNK_SIZE)
+            .maybe_par_iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .for_each(|(chunk_i, mut chunk)| {
+                for i in 0..chunk.as_ref().packed_len() {
+                    let vec_row = chunk_i * PACK_CHUNK_SIZE + i;
+                    // TODO(spapini): Optimize this, for the small number of columns case.
+                    let points = std::array::from_fn(|i| {
+                        domain.at(bit_reverse_index(
+                            (vec_row << LOG_N_LANES) + i,
+                            domain.log_size(),
+                        ))
+                    });
+                    let domain_points_x = PackedBaseField::from_array(points.map(|p| p.x));
+                    let domain_points_y = PackedBaseField::from_array(points.map(|p| p.y));
+                    let row_accumulator = accumulate_row_quotients(
+                        sample_batches,
+                        columns,
+                        &quotient_constants,
+                        vec_row,
+                        (domain_points_x, domain_points_y),
+                    );
+                    unsafe { chunk.set_packed(i, row_accumulator) };
+                }
             });
-            let domain_points_x = PackedBaseField::from_array(points.map(|p| p.x));
-            let domain_points_y = PackedBaseField::from_array(points.map(|p| p.y));
-            let row_accumulator = accumulate_row_quotients(
-                sample_batches,
-                columns,
-                &quotient_constants,
-                vec_row,
-                (domain_points_x, domain_points_y),
-            );
-            unsafe { values.set_packed(vec_row, row_accumulator) };
-        }
         SecureEvaluation { domain, values }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/utils.rs b/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/utils.rs
index 87dfd2246..96bb382c9 100644
--- a/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/prover/src/core/backend/simd/utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::simd::Swizzle;
 
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+
 /// Used with [`Swizzle::concat_swizzle`] to interleave the even values of two vectors.
 pub struct InterleaveEvens;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,24 @@ const fn parity_interleave<const N: usize>(odd: bool) -> [usize; N] {
     res
 }
 
+pub trait MaybeParIter: IntoParallelIterator + IntoIterator {
+    type Iter;
+    fn maybe_par_iter(self) -> <Self as MaybeParIter>::Iter;
+}
+impl<I: IntoParallelIterator + IntoIterator> MaybeParIter for I {
+    #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+    type Iter = <Self as IntoParallelIterator>::Iter;
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "parallel"))]
+    type Iter = <Self as IntoIterator>::IntoIter;
+
+    fn maybe_par_iter(self) -> <Self as MaybeParIter>::Iter {
+        #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
+        return self.into_par_iter();
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "parallel"))]
+        self.into_iter()
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::simd::{u32x4, Swizzle};