diff --git a/internal/protocol/connector.go b/internal/protocol/connector.go
index 3195008f..7e0caf43 100644
--- a/internal/protocol/connector.go
+++ b/internal/protocol/connector.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
-	"sort"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Rican7/retry"
@@ -121,61 +121,89 @@ func (c *Connector) connectAttemptAll(ctx context.Context, log logging.Func) (*P
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "get servers")
 	}
 
-	// Sort servers by Role, from low to high.
-	sort.Slice(servers, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return servers[i].Role < servers[j].Role
-	})
+	protocolChan := make(chan *Protocol, len(servers))
+	leaderChan := make(chan string, len(servers))
 
-	// Make an attempt for each address until we find the leader.
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(len(servers))
+
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(protocolChan)
+		close(leaderChan)
+	}()
+
+	// Ask each one-hop server who the leader is concurrently
 	for _, server := range servers {
-		log := func(l logging.Level, format string, a ...interface{}) {
-			format = fmt.Sprintf("server %s: ", server.Address) + format
-			log(l, format, a...)
-		}
+		go func(server NodeInfo) {
+			defer wg.Done()
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.config.AttemptTimeout)
-		defer cancel()
+			log := func(l logging.Level, format string, a ...interface{}) {
+				format = fmt.Sprintf("server %s: ", server.Address) + format
+				log(l, format, a...)
+			}
 
-		protocol, leader, err := c.connectAttemptOne(ctx, server.Address, log)
-		if err != nil {
-			// This server is unavailable, try with the next target.
-			log(logging.Warn, err.Error())
-			continue
-		}
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.config.AttemptTimeout)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			protocol, leader, err := c.connectAttemptOne(ctx, server.Address, log)
+			if err != nil {
+				// This server is unavailable, no result
+				log(logging.Warn, err.Error())
+				return
+			}
+			if protocol != nil {
+				// We found the leader
+				log(logging.Debug, "connected")
+				protocolChan <- protocol
+				return
+			}
+			if leader == "" {
+				// This server does not know who the current leader is,
+				// no result
+				log(logging.Warn, "no known leader")
+				return
+			}
+
+			// This server claims to know the leader
+			leaderChan <- leader
+		}(server)
+	}
+
+	// If one of the connections returned the leader, we're done
+	var protocol *Protocol
+	for p := range protocolChan {
 		if protocol != nil {
-			// We found the leader
-			log(logging.Debug, "connected")
-			return protocol, nil
-		}
-		if leader == "" {
-			// This server does not know who the current leader is,
-			// try with the next target.
-			log(logging.Warn, "no known leader")
+			p.Close()
 			continue
 		}
+		protocol = p
+	}
+	if protocol != nil {
+		return protocol, nil
+	}
 
-		// If we get here, it means this server reported that another
-		// server is the leader, let's close the connection to this
-		// server and try with the suggested one.
+	for leader := range leaderChan {
+		// If we get here, it means one-hop servers reported that another
+		// server is the leader, let's try connecting to it
 		log(logging.Debug, "connect to reported leader %s", leader)
 
-		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.config.AttemptTimeout)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.config.AttemptTimeout)
 		defer cancel()
 
 		protocol, _, err = c.connectAttemptOne(ctx, leader, log)
 		if err != nil {
-			// The leader reported by the previous server is
-			// unavailable, try with the next target.
+			// The leader reported by the one-hop server is unavailable
 			log(logging.Warn, "reported leader unavailable err=%v", err)
 			continue
 		}
 		if protocol == nil {
-			// The leader reported by the target server does not consider itself
-			// the leader, try with the next target.
+			// The leader reported by the one-hop server does not consider itself
+			// the leader
 			log(logging.Warn, "reported leader server is not the leader")
 			continue
 		}
-		log(logging.Debug, "connected")
+
 		return protocol, nil
 	}