diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c8a08aaf1b..083eaf4d0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,3 +49,6 @@ overflow-checks = true
 
 [profile.release.package.transfer-contract]
 overflow-checks = true
+
+[patch.crates-io]
+dusk-bls12_381-sign = { version = "0.5.0", git="https://github.com/dusk-network/bls12_381-sign", tag="parallel_feat"}
diff --git a/consensus/Cargo.toml b/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 18f7955fe6..acd29fbf7b 100644
--- a/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["std_rng"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
-dusk-bls12_381-sign = { version = "0.5" }
+dusk-bls12_381-sign = { version = "0.5", features = ["parallel"]}
 sha3 = { version = "0.10" }
 num-bigint = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3" }