diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_macos_x86_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_macos_x86_wheels.yml
index 5f9cf520d80..f58e2230c86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_macos_x86_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_macos_x86_wheels.yml
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       - name: Update submodules
         run: |
           git submodule update --init --recursive --jobs 4
diff --git a/programs/local/TableFunctionPython.cpp b/programs/local/TableFunctionPython.cpp
index afa068b0ded..3dbec303e25 100644
--- a/programs/local/TableFunctionPython.cpp
+++ b/programs/local/TableFunctionPython.cpp
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ void TableFunctionPython::parseArguments(const ASTPtr & ast_function, ContextPtr
             std::remove_if(py_reader_arg_str.begin(), py_reader_arg_str.end(), [](char c) { return c == '\'' || c == '\"' || c == '`'; }),
             py_reader_arg_str.end());
 
+        py::gil_scoped_acquire acquire;
         auto instance = PythonTableCache::getQueryableObj(py_reader_arg_str);
         if (instance == nullptr || instance.is_none())
             throw Exception(ErrorCodes::PY_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND,
                             "Python object not found in the Python environment\n"
                             "Ensure that the object is type of PyReader, pandas DataFrame, or PyArrow Table and is in the global or local scope");
 
-        py::gil_scoped_acquire acquire;
         LOG_DEBUG(
             logger,
             "Python object found in Python environment with name: {} type: {}",
diff --git a/programs/local/chdb.cpp b/programs/local/chdb.cpp
index c964fe6b2f9..e4b42c74f29 100644
--- a/programs/local/chdb.cpp
+++ b/programs/local/chdb.cpp
@@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ const std::string & chdb_streaming_result_error_string(chdb_streaming_result * r
 
 chdb_connection * connect_chdb_with_exception(int argc, char ** argv)
 {
+    /// Release GIL during connection mutex acquisition to prevent deadlock
+#if USE_PYTHON
+    py::gil_scoped_release release;
+#endif
     std::lock_guard<std::shared_mutex> global_lock(global_connection_mutex);
 
     std::string path = ":memory:"; // Default path
diff --git a/tests/test_parallel_query.py b/tests/test_parallel_query.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..565725f6916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_parallel_query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!python3
+import unittest
+import traceback
+import concurrent.futures
+import sys
+import uuid
+import chdb
+import pandas as pd
+
+
+def worker(worker_id):
+    try:
+        # Create a DataFrame
+        df = pd.DataFrame({
+            'id': list(range(10)),
+            'value': [i * worker_id for i in range(10)],
+            'category': [f'cat_{i % 3}' for i in range(10)]
+        })
+
+        # Generate unique variable name
+        var_name = f"__test_df_{uuid.uuid4().hex}__"
+
+        # Register DataFrame in global namespace
+        globals()[var_name] = df
+
+        try:
+            # Execute SQL query using Python() table function
+            sql = f"SELECT * FROM Python({var_name}) WHERE value > 3"
+            conn = chdb.connect()
+            result = conn.query(sql, 'DataFrame')
+            conn.close()
+            return result
+        finally:
+            # Clean up global namespace
+            if var_name in globals():
+                del globals()[var_name]
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        # print(f"[Worker {worker_id}] EXCEPTION: {e}")
+        # traceback.print_exc()
+        return None
+
+def test_connection_per_thread():
+    """Test using separate connection per thread.
+    Note: This test may report errors about not finding Python objects,
+    which is expected. The main purpose is to test that queries don't
+    deadlock in multi-threaded scenarios.
+    """
+    num_workers = 5
+    try:
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=num_workers) as executor:
+            futures = [executor.submit(worker, i) for i in range(num_workers)]
+
+            completed = []
+            for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures, timeout=15):
+                try:
+                    result = future.result()
+                    completed.append(result)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Worker raised exception: {e}")
+                    return False
+        if len(completed) != num_workers:
+            print(f"ERROR: Expected {num_workers} results, got {len(completed)}")
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError:
+        print("TIMEOUT!")
+        return False
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"ERROR: {e}")
+        return False
+
+class TestParallelQuery(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_parallel_query(self):
+        self.assertTrue(test_connection_per_thread())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)