diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
index 5cb06d1d37..4b3493f56b 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/reader.rs
@@ -148,15 +148,21 @@ impl ArrowReader {
         let stream = tasks
             .map_ok(move |task| {
                 let file_io = file_io.clone();
-
-                Self::process_file_scan_task(
-                    task,
-                    batch_size,
-                    file_io,
-                    self.delete_file_loader.clone(),
-                    row_group_filtering_enabled,
-                    row_selection_enabled,
-                )
+                let delete_file_loader = self.delete_file_loader.clone();
+
+                async move {
+                    let file_stream = Self::process_file_scan_task(
+                        task,
+                        batch_size,
+                        file_io,
+                        delete_file_loader,
+                        row_group_filtering_enabled,
+                        row_selection_enabled,
+                    ).await?;
+
+                    // Convert the stream to run on separate tasks for parallel processing
+                    Ok::<_, crate::Error>(Self::stream_to_receiver(file_stream))
+                }
             })
             .map_err(|err| {
                 Error::new(ErrorKind::Unexpected, "file scan task generate failed").with_source(err)
@@ -323,6 +329,31 @@ impl ArrowReader {
         Ok(Box::pin(record_batch_stream) as ArrowRecordBatchStream)
     }
 
+    /// Converts an ArrowRecordBatchStream to a receiver-based stream that runs in its own task.
+    /// This allows each file's parquet stream polling to run on separate tokio tasks.
+    fn stream_to_receiver(mut stream: ArrowRecordBatchStream) -> ArrowRecordBatchStream {
+        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+
+        // Spawn a dedicated task for this stream's processing
+        // Each file's stream will run on its own task, allowing parallel processing
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            while let Some(result) = StreamExt::next(&mut stream).await {
+                if tx.send(result).is_err() {
+                    // Receiver dropped, stop processing
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            // Stream ends, channel will be closed automatically when tx is dropped
+        });
+
+        // Convert the receiver to a stream using futures utilities
+        let receiver_stream = futures::stream::unfold(rx, |mut rx| async move {
+            rx.recv().await.map(|result| (result, rx))
+        });
+
+        Box::pin(receiver_stream)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) async fn create_parquet_record_batch_stream_builder(
         data_file_path: &str,
         file_io: FileIO,
@@ -1423,6 +1454,7 @@ fn try_cast_literal(
     Ok(Arc::new(Scalar::new(literal_array)))
 }
 
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};