diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8a5a8f..ddb79e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func main() {
 	b, _ := bot.New(os.Getenv("EXAMPLE_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"), opts...)
 
 	// call methods.SetWebhook if needed
-	
+
 	go b.StartWebhook(ctx)
 
 	http.ListenAndServe(":2000", b.WebhookHandler())
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ b, err := bot.New("YOUR_BOT_TOKEN_FROM_BOTFATHER", opts...)
 - `WithAllowedUpdates(params AllowedUpdates)` - set [allowed_updates](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#getupdates) for getUpdates method
 - `WithUpdatesChannelCap(cap int)` - set updates channel capacity, by default 1024
 - `WithWebhookSecretToken(webhookSecretToken string)` - set X-Telegram-Bot-Api-Secret-Token header sent from telegram servers to confirm validity of update
+- `WithWorkers` - set the number of workers that are processing the Updates channel, by default 1
 - `UseTestEnvironment()` - use test environment
 
 ## Message.Text and CallbackQuery.Data handlers
@@ -215,8 +216,8 @@ b.UnregisterHandler(handlerID)
 ```
 
 Match Types:
-- `MatchTypeExact` 
-- `MatchTypePrefix` 
+- `MatchTypeExact`
+- `MatchTypePrefix`
 - `MatchTypeContains`
 
 You can use `RegisterHandlerRegexp` to match by regular expression.
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ For some methods, like `SendPhoto`, `SendAudio` etc, you can send file by file p
 To send a file by URL or FileID, you can use `&models.InputFileString{Data: string}`:
 
 ```go
-// file id of uploaded image 
+// file id of uploaded image
 inputFileData := "AgACAgIAAxkDAAIBOWJimnCJHQJiJ4P3aasQCPNyo6mlAALDuzEbcD0YSxzjB-vmkZ6BAQADAgADbQADJAQ"
 // or URL image path
 // inputFileData := "https://example.com/image.png"
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ media1 := &models.InputMediaPhoto{
 }
 
 media2 := &models.InputMediaPhoto{
-	Media: "attach://image.png", 
+	Media: "attach://image.png",
 	Caption: "2",
 	MediaAttachment: bytes.NewReader(fileContent),
 }
@@ -315,11 +316,11 @@ bot.SendMediaGroup(ctx, params)
 
 ### `EscapeMarkdown(s string) string`
 
-Escape special symbols for Telegram MarkdownV2 syntax 
+Escape special symbols for Telegram MarkdownV2 syntax
 
 ### `EscapeMarkdownUnescaped(s string) string`
 
-Escape only unescaped special symbols for Telegram MarkdownV2 syntax 
+Escape only unescaped special symbols for Telegram MarkdownV2 syntax
 
 ### `RandomString(n int) string`
 
diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index 3e5b0ba..9297d16 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const (
 	defaultPollTimeout      = time.Minute
 	defaultUpdatesChanCap   = 1024
 	defaultCheckInitTimeout = time.Second * 5
+	defaultWorkers          = 1
 )
 
 type HttpClient interface {
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ type Bot struct {
 	skipGetMe          bool
 	webhookSecretToken string
 	testEnvironment    bool
+	workers            int
 
 	defaultHandlerFunc HandlerFunc
 
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ func New(token string, options ...Option) (*Bot, error) {
 		errorsHandler:      defaultErrorsHandler,
 		debugHandler:       defaultDebugHandler,
 		checkInitTimeout:   defaultCheckInitTimeout,
+		workers:            defaultWorkers,
 
 		updates: make(chan *models.Update, defaultUpdatesChanCap),
 	}
@@ -104,8 +107,10 @@ func New(token string, options ...Option) (*Bot, error) {
 func (b *Bot) StartWebhook(ctx context.Context) {
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go b.waitUpdates(ctx, wg)
+	wg.Add(b.workers)
+	for i := 0; i < b.workers; i++ {
+		go b.waitUpdates(ctx, wg)
+	}
 
 	wg.Wait()
 }
@@ -114,10 +119,14 @@ func (b *Bot) StartWebhook(ctx context.Context) {
 func (b *Bot) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 
-	wg.Add(2)
-	go b.waitUpdates(ctx, wg)
+	wg.Add(1)
 	go b.getUpdates(ctx, wg)
 
+	wg.Add(b.workers)
+	for i := 0; i < b.workers; i++ {
+		go b.waitUpdates(ctx, wg)
+	}
+
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index eb7ca5d..1c7a35c 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ func WithWebhookSecretToken(webhookSecretToken string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithWorkers allows setting the number of workers that are processing the Updates channel
+func WithWorkers(workers int) Option {
+	return func(b *Bot) {
+		b.workers = workers
+	}
+}
+
 // UseTestEnvironment allows to use test environment
 func UseTestEnvironment() Option {
 	return func(b *Bot) {