diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
index 44442c0ab..ea29b9ba7 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ static CopyShardState * GetShardState(uint64 shardId, HTAB *shardStateHash,
 									  copyOutState, bool isCopyToIntermediateFile);
 static MultiConnection * CopyGetPlacementConnection(HTAB *connectionStateHash,
 													ShardPlacement *placement,
-													bool stopOnFailure);
+													bool stopOnFailure,
+													bool colocatedIntermediateResult);
 static bool HasReachedAdaptiveExecutorPoolSize(List *connectionStateHash);
 static MultiConnection * GetLeastUtilisedCopyConnection(List *connectionStateList,
 														char *nodeName, int nodePort);
@@ -2230,7 +2231,10 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverStartup(DestReceiver *dest, int operation,
 	/* define the template for the COPY statement that is sent to workers */
 	CopyStmt *copyStatement = makeNode(CopyStmt);
 
-	if (copyDest->intermediateResultIdPrefix != NULL)
+
+	bool colocatedIntermediateResults =
+		copyDest->intermediateResultIdPrefix != NULL;
+	if (colocatedIntermediateResults)
 	{
 		copyStatement->relation = makeRangeVar(NULL, copyDest->intermediateResultIdPrefix,
 											   -1);
@@ -3448,7 +3452,8 @@ InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 		}
 
 		MultiConnection *connection =
-			CopyGetPlacementConnection(connectionStateHash, placement, stopOnFailure);
+			CopyGetPlacementConnection(connectionStateHash, placement, stopOnFailure,
+									   isCopyToIntermediateFile);
 		if (connection == NULL)
 		{
 			failedPlacementCount++;
@@ -3544,11 +3549,40 @@ LogLocalCopyExecution(uint64 shardId)
  * then it reuses the connection. Otherwise, it requests a connection for placement.
  */
 static MultiConnection *
-CopyGetPlacementConnection(HTAB *connectionStateHash, ShardPlacement *placement, bool
-						   stopOnFailure)
+CopyGetPlacementConnection(HTAB *connectionStateHash, ShardPlacement *placement,
+						   bool stopOnFailure, bool colocatedIntermediateResult)
 {
-	uint32 connectionFlags = FOR_DML;
-	char *nodeUser = CurrentUserName();
+	if (colocatedIntermediateResult)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * Colocated intermediate results are just files and not required to use
+		 * the same connections with their co-located shards. So, we are free to
+		 * use any connection we can get.
+		 *
+		 * Also, the current connection re-use logic does not know how to handle
+		 * intermediate results as the intermediate results always truncates the
+		 * existing files. That's why we we use one connection per intermediate
+		 * result.
+		 *
+		 * Also note that we are breaking the guarantees of citus.shared_pool_size
+		 * as we cannot rely on optional connections.
+		 */
+		uint32 connectionFlagsForIntermediateResult = 0;
+		MultiConnection *connection =
+			GetNodeConnection(connectionFlagsForIntermediateResult, placement->nodeName,
+							  placement->nodePort);
+
+		/*
+		 * As noted above, we want each intermediate file to go over
+		 * a separate connection.
+		 */
+		ClaimConnectionExclusively(connection);
+
+		/* and, we cannot afford to handle failures when anything goes wrong */
+		MarkRemoteTransactionCritical(connection);
+
+		return connection;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Determine whether the task has to be assigned to a particular connection
@@ -3556,10 +3590,10 @@ CopyGetPlacementConnection(HTAB *connectionStateHash, ShardPlacement *placement,
 	 */
 	ShardPlacementAccess *placementAccess = CreatePlacementAccess(placement,
 																  PLACEMENT_ACCESS_DML);
-	MultiConnection *connection = GetConnectionIfPlacementAccessedInXact(connectionFlags,
-																		 list_make1(
-																			 placementAccess),
-																		 NULL);
+	uint32 connectionFlags = FOR_DML;
+	MultiConnection *connection =
+		GetConnectionIfPlacementAccessedInXact(connectionFlags,
+											   list_make1(placementAccess), NULL);
 	if (connection != NULL)
 	{
 		return connection;
@@ -3605,6 +3639,7 @@ CopyGetPlacementConnection(HTAB *connectionStateHash, ShardPlacement *placement,
 		connectionFlags |= CONNECTION_PER_PLACEMENT;
 	}
 
+	char *nodeUser = CurrentUserName();
 	connection = GetPlacementConnection(connectionFlags, placement, nodeUser);
 
 	if (PQstatus(connection->pgConn) != CONNECTION_OK)