diff --git a/internal/resolve/resolve.go b/internal/resolve/resolve.go
index baadcfb..42d51c6 100644
--- a/internal/resolve/resolve.go
+++ b/internal/resolve/resolve.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
 // ErrSecretNotFound signals that a store has no entry for an app at all, as
@@ -86,23 +87,48 @@ type layeredSecretResolver struct {
 	override SecretResolver
 }
 
-// Resolve returns the base values with the override's merged on top.
+// Resolve queries the base and override stores concurrently and returns the base
+// values with the override's merged on top. The two are independent round-trips,
+// so overlapping them halves the per-app latency when both back onto a slow store
+// (e.g. two 1Password vaults). A base failure is fatal; an override reporting
+// ErrSecretNotFound means it doesn't cover this app, so it falls through to the
+// base rather than cancelling it.
 func (l layeredSecretResolver) Resolve(ctx context.Context, names []string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	out, err := l.base.Resolve(ctx, names)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	if l.override == nil {
-		return out, nil
+		return l.base.Resolve(ctx, names)
 	}
-	ov, err := l.override.Resolve(ctx, names)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, ErrSecretNotFound) {
-			return out, nil
+
+	var baseVals, overrideVals map[string]string
+	g, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	g.Go(func() error {
+		v, err := l.base.Resolve(ctx, names)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		baseVals = v
+		return nil
+	})
+	g.Go(func() error {
+		v, err := l.override.Resolve(ctx, names)
+		if err != nil {
+			// The override not covering this app is expected; swallow it here so it
+			// neither fails the group nor cancels the base query still in flight.
+			if errors.Is(err, ErrSecretNotFound) {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("secret override resolver: %w", err)
 		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("secret override resolver: %w", err)
+		overrideVals = v
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err := g.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if overrideVals == nil {
+		return baseVals, nil
 	}
-	return mergeOver(out, ov), nil
+	return mergeOver(baseVals, overrideVals), nil
 }
 
 // mergeOver returns a new map of base with override's entries layered on top so
diff --git a/internal/resolve/resolve_test.go b/internal/resolve/resolve_test.go
index b5a2e43..4303c93 100644
--- a/internal/resolve/resolve_test.go
+++ b/internal/resolve/resolve_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -165,6 +166,51 @@ func TestLayeredSecretResolverBaseNotFoundIsFatal(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrSecretNotFound)
 }
 
+// blockingResolver signals when its Resolve is entered and blocks until released,
+// so a test can prove two resolvers run at the same time.
+type blockingResolver struct {
+	entered chan struct{}
+	release chan struct{}
+	have    map[string]string
+}
+
+func (b blockingResolver) Resolve(context.Context, []string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	close(b.entered)
+	<-b.release
+	return b.have, nil
+}
+
+// The base and override stores are queried concurrently: both are inside Resolve
+// at the same time before either returns, rather than one waiting on the other.
+func TestLayeredSecretResolverQueriesConcurrently(t *testing.T) {
+	base := blockingResolver{entered: make(chan struct{}), release: make(chan struct{}), have: map[string]string{"A": "base"}}
+	override := blockingResolver{entered: make(chan struct{}), release: make(chan struct{}), have: map[string]string{"B": "override"}}
+	l := layeredSecretResolver{base: base, override: override}
+
+	done := make(chan map[string]string, 1)
+	go func() {
+		got, err := l.Resolve(context.Background(), []string{"A", "B"})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		done <- got
+	}()
+
+	// Neither goroutine can finish until released, so both entering proves overlap.
+	select {
+	case <-base.entered:
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("base resolver never started")
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-override.entered:
+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("override resolver did not start while base was blocked")
+	}
+	close(base.release)
+	close(override.release)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"A": "base", "B": "override"}, <-done)
+}
+
 func TestLayeredSecretResolverNilOverrideIsBase(t *testing.T) {
 	l := layeredSecretResolver{base: mapResolver{have: map[string]string{"A": "base"}}}
 	got, err := l.Resolve(context.Background(), []string{"A"})