diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f08eab8..52cb8c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ under [the specified folder](examples/with-sasl-plaintext) and then start the ap
 | `retryConfiguration.topic`                       | Retry/Exception topic names                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                             |
 | `retryConfiguration.brokers`                     | Retry topic brokers urls                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                             |
 | `retryConfiguration.maxRetry`                    | Maximum retry value for attempting to retry a message                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 3                           |
+| `retryConfiguration.concurrency`                 | Number of goroutines used at listeners                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 1                           |
 | `retryConfiguration.tls.rootCAPath`              | [see doc](https://pkg.go.dev/crypto/tls#Config.RootCAs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | ""                          |
 | `retryConfiguration.tls.intermediateCAPath`      | Same with rootCA, if you want to specify two rootca you can use it with rootCAPath                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | ""                          |
 | `retryConfiguration.sasl.authType`               | `SCRAM` or `PLAIN`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                             |
diff --git a/consumer_config.go b/consumer_config.go
index 7a18da1..63218f6 100644
--- a/consumer_config.go
+++ b/consumer_config.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (cfg *ConsumerConfig) newCronsumerConfig() *kcronsumer.Config {
 			Duration:             cfg.RetryConfiguration.WorkDuration,
 			MaxRetry:             cfg.RetryConfiguration.MaxRetry,
 			VerifyTopicOnStartup: cfg.RetryConfiguration.VerifyTopicOnStartup,
-			Concurrency:          cfg.Concurrency,
+			Concurrency:          cfg.RetryConfiguration.Concurrency,
 			MinBytes:             cfg.Reader.MinBytes,
 			MaxBytes:             cfg.Reader.MaxBytes,
 			MaxWait:              cfg.Reader.MaxWait,
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ type RetryConfiguration struct {
 	MaxRetry              int
 	WorkDuration          time.Duration
 	SkipMessageByHeaderFn SkipMessageByHeaderFn
+	Concurrency           int
 }
 
 type BatchConfiguration struct {
@@ -284,6 +285,10 @@ func (cfg *ConsumerConfig) setDefaults() {
 		cfg.Concurrency = 1
 	}
 
+	if cfg.RetryConfiguration.Concurrency == 0 {
+		cfg.RetryConfiguration.Concurrency = cfg.Concurrency
+	}
+
 	if cfg.CommitInterval == 0 {
 		cfg.CommitInterval = time.Second
 		// Kafka-go library default value is 0, we need to also change this.
diff --git a/consumer_config_test.go b/consumer_config_test.go
index ebf9878..f434e71 100644
--- a/consumer_config_test.go
+++ b/consumer_config_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ func TestConsumerConfig_validate(t *testing.T) {
 		if cfg.BatchConfiguration != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Batch configuration not specified so it must stay as nil")
 		}
+		if cfg.RetryConfiguration.Concurrency != 1 {
+			t.Fatal("Retry Configuration Concurrency must equal to 1")
+		}
 	})
 	t.Run("Set_Defaults_For_BatchConfiguration", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Given