diff --git a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
index 1867cf4ec46ca..28f26d2368254 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
@@ -117,12 +117,13 @@ make_binary_release() {
     spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz.sha
 }
 
-make_binary_release "hadoop1" "-Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Dhadoop.version=1.0.4"
-make_binary_release "cdh4" "-Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Dhadoop.version=2.0.0-mr1-cdh4.2.0"
+make_binary_release "hadoop1" "-Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Dhadoop.version=1.0.4" &
+make_binary_release "cdh4" "-Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Dhadoop.version=2.0.0-mr1-cdh4.2.0" &
 make_binary_release "hadoop2" \
-  "-Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn -Phadoop-2.2 -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Pyarn.version=2.2.0"
+  "-Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Pyarn -Phadoop-2.2 -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Pyarn.version=2.2.0" &
 make_binary_release "hadoop2-without-hive" \
-  "-Pyarn -Phadoop-2.2 -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Pyarn.version=2.2.0"
+  "-Pyarn -Phadoop-2.2 -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Pyarn.version=2.2.0" &
+wait
 
 # Copy data
 echo "Copying release tarballs"