diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
index 3aba953e08..687dcaa7a9 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/boltdb.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ type boltForest struct {
 	db   *bbolt.DB
 }
 
+const defaultMaxBatchSize = 10
+
 var (
 	dataBucket = []byte{0}
 	logBucket  = []byte{1}
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ func (t *boltForest) Open() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	db.MaxBatchSize = defaultMaxBatchSize
 	t.db = db
 
 	return db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ func (t *boltForest) Close() error { return t.db.Close() }
 // TreeMove implements the Forest interface.
 func (t *boltForest) TreeMove(cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, m *Move) (*LogMove, error) {
 	var lm *LogMove
-	return lm, t.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	return lm, t.db.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		bLog, bTree, err := t.getTreeBuckets(tx, cid, treeID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ func (t *boltForest) TreeAddByPath(cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, attr string, pa
 	var lm []LogMove
 	var key [17]byte
 
-	err := t.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	err := t.db.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		bLog, bTree, err := t.getTreeBuckets(tx, cid, treeID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ func (t *boltForest) findSpareID(bTree *bbolt.Bucket) uint64 {
 
 // TreeApply implements the Forest interface.
 func (t *boltForest) TreeApply(cid cidSDK.ID, treeID string, m *Move) error {
-	return t.db.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	return t.db.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		bLog, bTree, err := t.getTreeBuckets(tx, cid, treeID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
index 322d5aab38..fe1ce52d41 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
@@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ const benchNodeCount = 1000
 
 func BenchmarkApplySequential(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := range providers {
+		if providers[i].name == "inmemory" { // memory backend is not thread-safe
+			continue
+		}
 		b.Run(providers[i].name, func(b *testing.B) {
 			benchmarkApply(b, providers[i].construct(b), func(opCount int) []Move {
 				ops := make([]Move, opCount)
@@ -499,6 +502,9 @@ func BenchmarkApplyReorderLast(b *testing.B) {
 	const blockSize = 10
 
 	for i := range providers {
+		if providers[i].name == "inmemory" { // memory backend is not thread-safe
+			continue
+		}
 		b.Run(providers[i].name, func(b *testing.B) {
 			benchmarkApply(b, providers[i].construct(b), func(opCount int) []Move {
 				ops := make([]Move, opCount)
@@ -529,14 +535,22 @@ func benchmarkApply(b *testing.B, s Forest, genFunc func(int) []Move) {
 	ops := genFunc(b.N)
 	cid := cidtest.ID()
 	treeID := "version"
+	ch := make(chan *Move, b.N)
+	for i := range ops {
+		ch <- &ops[i]
+	}
 
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	b.ReportAllocs()
-	for i := range ops {
-		if err := s.TreeApply(cid, treeID, &ops[i]); err != nil {
-			b.Fatalf("error in `Apply`: %v", err)
+	b.SetParallelism(50)
+	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+		for pb.Next() {
+			op := <-ch
+			if err := s.TreeApply(cid, treeID, op); err != nil {
+				b.Fatalf("error in `Apply`: %v", err)
+			}
 		}
-	}
+	})
 }
 
 func TestTreeGetByPath(t *testing.T) {