diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperation.java b/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperation.java
index 016cab11e..6071f6d14 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperation.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperation.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public abstract class ConcurrencyOperation<T> extends BaseDurableOperation<T> {
     private final Set<String> completedOperations = Collections.synchronizedSet(new HashSet<String>());
     private ConcurrencyCompletionStatus completionStatus;
     private OperationIdGenerator operationIdGenerator;
+    private final DurableContextImpl rootContext;
 
     protected ConcurrencyOperation(
             OperationIdentifier operationIdentifier,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ protected ConcurrencyOperation(
         this.toleratedFailureCount = toleratedFailureCount;
         this.failureRateThreshold = failureRateThreshold;
         this.operationIdGenerator = new OperationIdGenerator(getOperationId());
+        this.rootContext = durableContext.createChildContext(getOperationId(), getName());
     }
 
     protected ConcurrencyOperation(
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ public <R> ChildContextOperation<R> addItem(
             String name, Function<DurableContext, R> function, TypeToken<R> resultType, SerDes serDes) {
         if (isOperationCompleted()) throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot add items to a completed operation");
         var operationId = this.operationIdGenerator.nextOperationId();
-        var childOp = createItem(operationId, name, function, resultType, serDes, getContext());
+        var childOp = createItem(operationId, name, function, resultType, serDes, this.rootContext);
         childOperations.add(childOp);
         pendingQueue.add(childOp);
         logger.debug("Item added {}", name);
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperationTest.java b/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperationTest.java
index 8c4bb710f..a55d1c139 100644
--- a/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperationTest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ConcurrencyOperationTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class ConcurrencyOperationTest {
     private static final TypeToken<Void> RESULT_TYPE = TypeToken.get(Void.class);
 
     private DurableContextImpl durableContext;
+    private DurableContextImpl childContext;
     private ExecutionManager executionManager;
     private AtomicInteger operationIdCounter;
     private OperationIdGenerator mockIdGenerator;
@@ -48,11 +49,20 @@ void setUp() {
         executionManager = mock(ExecutionManager.class);
         operationIdCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
+        var childContext = mock(DurableContextImpl.class);
+        this.childContext = childContext;
+        when(childContext.getExecutionManager()).thenReturn(executionManager);
+        when(childContext.getDurableConfig())
+                .thenReturn(DurableConfig.builder()
+                        .withExecutorService(Executors.newCachedThreadPool())
+                        .build());
+
         when(durableContext.getExecutionManager()).thenReturn(executionManager);
         when(durableContext.getDurableConfig())
                 .thenReturn(DurableConfig.builder()
                         .withExecutorService(Executors.newCachedThreadPool())
                         .build());
+        when(durableContext.createChildContext(anyString(), anyString())).thenReturn(childContext);
         when(executionManager.getCurrentThreadContext()).thenReturn(new ThreadContext("Root", ThreadType.CONTEXT));
         mockIdGenerator = mock(OperationIdGenerator.class);
         when(mockIdGenerator.nextOperationId()).thenAnswer(inv -> "child-" + operationIdCounter.incrementAndGet());
@@ -167,6 +177,18 @@ void singleChildAlreadySucceeds_fullCycle() throws Exception {
         assertFalse(functionCalled.get(), "Function should not be called during SUCCEEDED replay");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void addItem_usesRootChildContextAsParent() throws Exception {
+        var op = createOperation(-1, -1, 0);
+
+        op.addItem("branch-1", ctx -> "result", TypeToken.get(String.class), SER_DES);
+
+        // rootContext is created via durableContext.createChildContext(...) in the constructor,
+        // so the parentContext passed to createItem must be that child context, not durableContext itself
+        assertNotSame(durableContext, op.getLastParentContext());
+        assertSame(childContext, op.getLastParentContext());
+    }
+
     // ===== Helpers =====
 
     private void runJoin(TestConcurrencyOperation op) throws InterruptedException {
@@ -182,6 +204,7 @@ static class TestConcurrencyOperation extends ConcurrencyOperation<Void> {
         private boolean successHandled = false;
         private boolean failureHandled = false;
         private final AtomicInteger executingCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
+        private DurableContextImpl lastParentContext;
 
         TestConcurrencyOperation(
                 OperationIdentifier operationIdentifier,
@@ -209,6 +232,7 @@ protected <R> ChildContextOperation<R> createItem(
                 TypeToken<R> resultType,
                 SerDes serDes,
                 DurableContextImpl parentContext) {
+            lastParentContext = parentContext;
             return new ChildContextOperation<R>(
                     OperationIdentifier.of(operationId, name, OperationType.CONTEXT, OperationSubType.PARALLEL_BRANCH),
                     function,
@@ -260,5 +284,9 @@ boolean isSuccessHandled() {
         boolean isFailureHandled() {
             return failureHandled;
         }
+
+        DurableContextImpl getLastParentContext() {
+            return lastParentContext;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ParallelOperationTest.java b/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ParallelOperationTest.java
index dc6a93bd6..00345e60d 100644
--- a/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ParallelOperationTest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/test/java/software/amazon/lambda/durable/operation/ParallelOperationTest.java
@@ -47,11 +47,19 @@ void setUp() {
         executionManager = mock(ExecutionManager.class);
         operationIdCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
+        var childContext = mock(DurableContextImpl.class);
+        when(childContext.getExecutionManager()).thenReturn(executionManager);
+        when(childContext.getDurableConfig())
+                .thenReturn(DurableConfig.builder()
+                        .withExecutorService(Executors.newCachedThreadPool())
+                        .build());
+
         when(durableContext.getExecutionManager()).thenReturn(executionManager);
         when(durableContext.getDurableConfig())
                 .thenReturn(DurableConfig.builder()
                         .withExecutorService(Executors.newCachedThreadPool())
                         .build());
+        when(durableContext.createChildContext(anyString(), anyString())).thenReturn(childContext);
         when(executionManager.getCurrentThreadContext()).thenReturn(new ThreadContext("Root", ThreadType.CONTEXT));
         // Default: no existing operations (fresh execution)
         mockIdGenerator = mock(OperationIdGenerator.class);