diff --git a/runtime/v2/runner/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/vm/LoopWrapper.java b/runtime/v2/runner/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/vm/LoopWrapper.java
index f6b694035a..622ab40357 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/runner/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/vm/LoopWrapper.java
+++ b/runtime/v2/runner/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/vm/LoopWrapper.java
@@ -163,12 +163,14 @@ protected void eval(Runtime runtime, State state, ThreadId threadId, Context ctx
             int batchSize = toBatchSize(runtime, ctx, parallelism);
 
             List<ArrayList<Serializable>> batches = batches(items, batchSize);
+            int itemIndexStart = 0;
             for (ArrayList<Serializable> batch : batches) {
-                evalBatch(state, threadId, batch, outVarsAccumulator);
+                evalBatch(itemIndexStart, state, threadId, batch, outVarsAccumulator);
+                itemIndexStart += batch.size();
             }
         }
 
-        private void evalBatch(State state, ThreadId threadId, ArrayList<Serializable> items, Map<String, List<Serializable>> outVarsAccumulator) {
+        private void evalBatch(int itemIndexStart, State state, ThreadId threadId, ArrayList<Serializable> items, Map<String, List<Serializable>> outVarsAccumulator) {
             Frame frame = state.peekFrame(threadId);
 
             List<Map.Entry<ThreadId, Serializable>> forks = items.stream()
@@ -177,13 +179,12 @@ private void evalBatch(State state, ThreadId threadId, ArrayList<Serializable> i
 
             for (int i = 0; i < forks.size(); i++) {
                 Map.Entry<ThreadId, Serializable> f = forks.get(i);
-
                 Frame cmdFrame = Frame.builder()
                         .nonRoot()
                         .build();
 
                 cmdFrame.setLocal(CURRENT_ITEMS, items);
-                cmdFrame.setLocal(CURRENT_INDEX, i);
+                cmdFrame.setLocal(CURRENT_INDEX, itemIndexStart + i);
                 cmdFrame.setLocal(CURRENT_ITEM, f.getValue());
 
                 // fork will create rootFrame for forked commands
diff --git a/runtime/v2/runner/src/test/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/MainTest.java b/runtime/v2/runner/src/test/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/MainTest.java
index c93fd6e595..7aca13ce27 100644
--- a/runtime/v2/runner/src/test/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/MainTest.java
+++ b/runtime/v2/runner/src/test/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/MainTest.java
@@ -1814,6 +1814,27 @@ public void testStringIfExpression() throws Exception {
         assertLog(log, ".*it's true.*");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testParallelLoopItemIndex() throws Exception {
+        deploy("parallelLoopItemIndex");
+
+        save(ProcessConfiguration.builder()
+                .build());
+
+        byte[] log = run();
+        assertLog(log, ".*serial: five==5.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*serial: four==4.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*serial: three==3.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*serial: two==2.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*serial: one==1.*");
+
+        assertLog(log, ".*parallel: five==5.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*parallel: four==4.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*parallel: three==3.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*parallel: two==2.*");
+        assertLog(log, ".*parallel: one==1.*");
+    }
+
     private void deploy(String resource) throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
         Path src = Paths.get(MainTest.class.getResource(resource).toURI());
         IOUtils.copy(src, workDir);
diff --git a/runtime/v2/runner/src/test/resources/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/parallelLoopItemIndex/concord.yml b/runtime/v2/runner/src/test/resources/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/parallelLoopItemIndex/concord.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec30fa645f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/v2/runner/src/test/resources/com/walmartlabs/concord/runtime/v2/runner/parallelLoopItemIndex/concord.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+flows:
+  default:
+    # serial
+    - call: main
+      in:
+        item: "${item}"
+        index: "${itemIndex}"
+        prefix: "serial"
+      out: x
+      loop:
+        mode: serial
+        items: ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five']
+
+    # parallel
+    - call: main
+      in:
+        item: "${item}"
+        index: "${itemIndex}"
+        prefix: "parallel"
+      out: x
+      loop:
+        mode: parallel
+        items: ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five']
+        parallelism: 2
+
+  main:
+    - log: "${prefix += ': ' += item += '==' += (itemIndex+1)}"
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