diff --git a/jdbc/src/main/java/io/kestra/jdbc/runner/JdbcExecutor.java b/jdbc/src/main/java/io/kestra/jdbc/runner/JdbcExecutor.java
index 20934df53ad..c3dbbf4a3d0 100644
--- a/jdbc/src/main/java/io/kestra/jdbc/runner/JdbcExecutor.java
+++ b/jdbc/src/main/java/io/kestra/jdbc/runner/JdbcExecutor.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import io.kestra.jdbc.repository.AbstractJdbcWorkerJobRunningRepository;
 import io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.ForEachItem;
 import io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Template;
+import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Value;
 import io.micronaut.context.event.ApplicationEventPublisher;
 import io.micronaut.transaction.exceptions.CannotCreateTransactionException;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
@@ -173,6 +174,9 @@ public class JdbcExecutor implements ExecutorInterface, Service {
     @Inject
     private SLAService slaService;
 
+    @Value("${kestra.jdbc.executor.thread-count:0}")
+    private int threadCount;
+
     private final Tracer tracer;
 
     private final FlowRepositoryInterface flowRepository;
@@ -228,8 +232,13 @@ public void run() {
 
         Await.until(() -> this.allFlows != null, Duration.ofMillis(100), Duration.ofMinutes(5));
 
-        this.receiveCancellations.addFirst(this.executionQueue.receive(Executor.class, this::executionQueue));
-        this.receiveCancellations.addFirst(this.workerTaskResultQueue.receive(Executor.class, this::workerTaskResultQueue));
+        // By default, we start half-available processors consumers of the execution and worker task result queue with a minimum of two.
+        // Other queues would not benefit from more consumers.
+        int numberOfThreads = threadCount != 0 ? threadCount : Math.max(2, Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2);
+        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; i++) {
+            this.receiveCancellations.addFirst(this.executionQueue.receive(Executor.class, this::executionQueue));
+            this.receiveCancellations.addFirst(this.workerTaskResultQueue.receive(Executor.class, this::workerTaskResultQueue));
+        }
         this.receiveCancellations.addFirst(this.killQueue.receive(Executor.class, this::killQueue));
         this.receiveCancellations.addFirst(this.subflowExecutionResultQueue.receive(Executor.class, this::subflowExecutionResultQueue));
         this.receiveCancellations.addFirst(this.subflowExecutionEndQueue.receive(Executor.class, this::subflowExecutionEndQueue));
@@ -322,6 +331,7 @@ public void run() {
             }
         ));
         setState(ServiceState.RUNNING);
+        log.info("Executor started with {} thread(s)", numberOfThreads);
     }
 
     private void clusterEventQueue(Either<ClusterEvent, DeserializationException> either) {