diff --git a/plugin-desktop/Cargo.toml b/plugin-desktop/Cargo.toml
index 02dc2fd..82fd063 100644
--- a/plugin-desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugin-desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-freedesktop-desktop-entry = "0.5.0"
-freedesktop-icons = "0.2.3"
-log = "0.4.19"
-once_cell = "1.18.0"
-regex = "1.9.1"
+freedesktop-desktop-entry = "0.5.2"
+freedesktop-icons = "0.2.6"
+log = "0.4.21"
+once_cell = "1.19.0"
+rayon = "1.10.0"
+regex = "1.10.4"
 rmenu-plugin = { version = "0.0.2", path = "../rmenu-plugin" }
-rust-ini = "0.19.0"
-serde_json = "1.0.104"
+rust-ini = "0.21.0"
+serde_json = "1.0.117"
 shellexpand = "3.1.0"
-thiserror = "1.0.44"
-walkdir = "2.3.3"
+thiserror = "1.0.61"
+walkdir = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/plugin-desktop/src/main.rs b/plugin-desktop/src/main.rs
index 420abb8..aaf44db 100644
--- a/plugin-desktop/src/main.rs
+++ b/plugin-desktop/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use freedesktop_desktop_entry::{DesktopEntry, Iter};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
 use regex::Regex;
 use rmenu_plugin::{Action, Entry, Method};
 
@@ -59,7 +60,10 @@ fn parse_desktop(path: &PathBuf, locale: Option<&str>) -> Option<Entry> {
     // if an entry only is shown on a specific desktop, check whether desktop is set and matches,
     // otherwise return None
     let de = std::env::var(XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP_ENV);
-    if entry.only_show_in().is_some_and(|e| !(de.is_ok() && de.unwrap() == e.to_string())){
+    if entry
+        .only_show_in()
+        .is_some_and(|e| !(de.is_ok() && de.unwrap() == e.to_string()))
+    {
         return None;
     }
 
@@ -133,10 +137,10 @@ fn main() {
         })
         .collect();
 
-    desktops.sort_by_cached_key(|e| e.name.to_owned());
-    desktops
+    desktops.par_sort_by_cached_key(|e| e.name.to_owned());
+    let _: Vec<()> = desktops
         .into_iter()
         .filter_map(|e| serde_json::to_string(&e).ok())
         .map(|s| println!("{}", s))
-        .last();
+        .collect();
 }
diff --git a/plugin-run/Cargo.toml b/plugin-run/Cargo.toml
index 2bc2549..d6f76ba 100644
--- a/plugin-run/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugin-run/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+rayon = "1.10.0"
 rmenu-plugin = { version = "0.0.2", path = "../rmenu-plugin" }
-serde_json = "1.0.103"
-walkdir = "2.3.3"
+serde_json = "1.0.117"
+walkdir = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/plugin-run/src/main.rs b/plugin-run/src/main.rs
index def09ca..f954f59 100644
--- a/plugin-run/src/main.rs
+++ b/plugin-run/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::env;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
+use rayon::prelude::*;
 use rmenu_plugin::Entry;
 use walkdir::{DirEntry, WalkDir};
 
@@ -49,16 +50,16 @@ fn find_binaries(path: String) -> Vec<Entry> {
 fn main() {
     // collect entries for sorting
     let mut entries: Vec<Entry> = bin_paths()
-        .into_iter()
+        .into_par_iter()
         .map(find_binaries)
         .flatten()
         .collect();
     // sort entries and render to json
-    entries.sort_by_cached_key(|e| e.name.clone());
-    entries
-        .into_iter()
+    entries.par_sort_by_cached_key(|e| e.name.clone());
+    let _: Vec<()> = entries
+        .into_par_iter()
         .map(|e| serde_json::to_string(&e))
         .filter_map(|r| r.ok())
         .map(|s| println!("{}", s))
-        .last();
+        .collect();
 }