diff --git a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/AbstractMigratorTests.cs b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/AbstractMigratorTests.cs
index c4db7b8..4d6b3fa 100644
--- a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/AbstractMigratorTests.cs
+++ b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/AbstractMigratorTests.cs
@@ -122,6 +122,33 @@ public void Does_not_execute_the_same_script_twice()
             });
         }
 
+        public static async Task ExecuteMigrationsInParallel(Func<IDbConnection> connection)
+        {
+            connection().CleanDbConnection();
+            Migrator.CreateMigrationsTable(connection(), null);
+
+            var result =
+                await Task.WhenAll(
+                    Task.Factory.StartNew(ExecuteMigration),
+                    Task.Factory.StartNew(ExecuteMigration),
+                    Task.Factory.StartNew(ExecuteMigration));
+
+            // Migrations table + bla
+            Assert.Equal(2, connection().Query<string>("SELECT Filename FROM Migrations").ToList().Count);
+
+            bool ExecuteMigration()
+            {
+                var migration = new MigrationScript
+                {
+                    Name = "create bla table",
+                    Script = "CREATE TABLE bla (Id varchar(1) NOT NULL)"
+                };
+                using (var c = connection())
+                    Migrator.ExecuteMigrations(c, new[] {migration}, false);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
         private string RemoveEmptyLines(string x)
         {
             return String.Join("\r\n",
diff --git a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/IDbConnectionExtensions.cs b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/IDbConnectionExtensions.cs
index 70d08f6..1ca746b 100644
--- a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/IDbConnectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/IDbConnectionExtensions.cs
@@ -11,17 +11,22 @@ namespace PlainSql.Migrations.Tests
 {
     public static class IDbConnectionExtensions
     {
+        public static void CleanDbConnection(this IDbConnection connection)
+        {
+            using (var tx = connection.BeginTransaction())
+            {
+                connection.Execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS bla", transaction: tx);
+                connection.Execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Migrations", transaction: tx);
+
+                tx.Commit();
+            }
+        }
+
         public static void WithCleanDbConnection(this IDbConnection connection, Action<IDbConnection> action)
         {
             using (var c = connection)
             {
-                using (var tx = c.BeginTransaction())
-                {
-                    c.Execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS bla", transaction: tx);
-                    c.Execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Migrations", transaction: tx);
-
-                    tx.Commit();
-                }
+                c.CleanDbConnection();
 
                 action(c);
             }
diff --git a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/MsSqlMigratorTests.cs b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/MsSqlMigratorTests.cs
index 2efd344..7c83bba 100644
--- a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/MsSqlMigratorTests.cs
+++ b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/MsSqlMigratorTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Data.SqlClient;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Xunit;
 
 namespace PlainSql.Migrations.Tests
 {
@@ -37,5 +39,11 @@ protected string GetConnectionString()
 
             return "Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=PlainSqlMigrations;User id=SA;Password=test123!;";
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public Task Can_execute_scripts_in_parallel()
+        {
+            return ExecuteMigrationsInParallel(() => Connection);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/PostgreMigratorTest.cs b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/PostgreMigratorTest.cs
index 17e7277..8c0d802 100644
--- a/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/PostgreMigratorTest.cs
+++ b/PlainSql.Migrations.Tests/PostgreMigratorTest.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Data;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Npgsql;
+using Xunit;
 
 namespace PlainSql.Migrations.Tests
 {
@@ -37,5 +39,11 @@ protected string GetConnectionString()
 
             return "Server=127.0.0.1;User Id=postgres;Password=postgres";
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public Task Can_execute_scripts_in_parallel()
+        {
+            return ExecuteMigrationsInParallel(() => Connection);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/PlainSql.Migrations/Migrator.cs b/PlainSql.Migrations/Migrator.cs
index 4807756..85dd4dd 100644
--- a/PlainSql.Migrations/Migrator.cs
+++ b/PlainSql.Migrations/Migrator.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 using System.Data;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
-
 using Dapper;
 using System.Collections;
+using System.Data.SqlClient;
 using Serilog;
 
 namespace PlainSql.Migrations
@@ -31,24 +31,50 @@ public static void ExecuteMigrations(this IDbConnection connection, IEnumerable<
 
         public static void ExecuteMigrations(this IDbConnection connection, IEnumerable<MigrationScript> migrationScripts, MigrationOptions options)
         {
-            using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel.Serializable))
+            var retryCount = 3;
+            while (retryCount > 0)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    TryExecute(connection, migrationScripts, options);
+                    return;
+                }
+                // a sql exception that is a deadlock
+                catch (SqlException e) when (e.Number == 1205 && retryCount != 0)
+                {
+                    Log.Information(e,"{RetryCount} remaining retries for the execution of migrations", retryCount);
+                    retryCount--;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void TryExecute(IDbConnection connection, IEnumerable<MigrationScript> migrationScripts, MigrationOptions options)
+        {
+            using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
             {
                 var containsMigrationTable = false;
 
+                var selectMigrationsExecuted = "SELECT Filename FROM Migrations";
+
                 if (connection.IsSqlite())
                 {
-                    containsMigrationTable = connection.ExecuteScalar<int>("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='Migrations'",
-                        transaction: transaction) == 1;
+                    containsMigrationTable = connection.ExecuteScalar<int>(
+                                                 "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='Migrations'",
+                                                 transaction: transaction) == 1;
                 }
                 else if (connection.IsPostgre())
                 {
-                    containsMigrationTable = connection.ExecuteScalar<int>("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_catalog.pg_tables WHERE schemaname='public' AND tablename='migrations'",
+                    connection.Execute("SELECT pg_advisory_xact_lock(1)", transaction: transaction);
+                    containsMigrationTable = connection.ExecuteScalar<int>(
+                                                 "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_catalog.pg_tables WHERE schemaname='public' AND tablename='migrations'",
                                                  transaction: transaction) == 1;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    containsMigrationTable = connection.ExecuteScalar<int>("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA='dbo' AND TABLE_NAME='Migrations'",
-                       transaction: transaction) == 1;
+                    containsMigrationTable = connection.ExecuteScalar<int>(
+                                                 "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables with (SERIALIZABLE) WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA='dbo' AND TABLE_NAME='Migrations' ",
+                                                 transaction: transaction) == 1;
+                    selectMigrationsExecuted = "SELECT Filename FROM Migrations with(SERIALIZABLE)";
                 }
 
                 if (options.CreateMigrationsTable && !containsMigrationTable)
@@ -57,7 +83,7 @@ public static void ExecuteMigrations(this IDbConnection connection, IEnumerable<
                     CreateMigrationsTable(connection, transaction);
                 }
 
-                var migrationsExecuted = connection.Query<string>("SELECT Filename FROM Migrations", transaction: transaction).ToList();
+                var migrationsExecuted = connection.Query<string>(selectMigrationsExecuted, transaction: transaction).ToList();
 
                 var migrationScriptsToExecute = migrationScripts
                     .Where(migrationScript => !migrationsExecuted.Contains(migrationScript.Name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))