diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c08c401..4b74828 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ Redis Timers can be configured using environment variables:
 - `TIMERS_HANDLING_SLEEP`: Base sleep time between timer processing cycles (default: 0.05 seconds)
 - `TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MIN_VALUE`: Minimum jitter multiplier (default: 0.5)
 - `TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MAX_VALUE`: Maximum jitter multiplier (default: 2.0)
+- `TIMERS_CONCURRENT_PROCESSING_LIMIT`: Maximum number of timers processed concurrently (default: 5)
 - `TIMERS_SEPARATOR`: Separator used between topic and timer ID (default: "--")
 
 ## How It Works
diff --git a/redis_timers/settings.py b/redis_timers/settings.py
index 34286e1..d4b8956 100644
--- a/redis_timers/settings.py
+++ b/redis_timers/settings.py
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
 TIMERS_HANDLING_SLEEP: float = float(os.getenv("TIMERS_HANDLING_SLEEP", "0.05"))
 TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MIN_VALUE: float = float(os.getenv("TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MIN_VALUE", "0.5"))
 TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MAX_VALUE: float = float(os.getenv("TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MAX_VALUE", "2.0"))
+TIMERS_CONCURRENT_PROCESSING_LIMIT: int = int(os.getenv("TIMERS_CONCURRENT_PROCESSING_LIMIT", "5"))
 
 TIMERS_SEPARATOR = "--"
diff --git a/redis_timers/timers.py b/redis_timers/timers.py
index 05abd21..35ec1e9 100644
--- a/redis_timers/timers.py
+++ b/redis_timers/timers.py
@@ -82,28 +82,37 @@ async def _handle_one_timer(self, timer_key: str) -> None:
 
         await handler.handler(payload, self.context)
 
+    async def _handle_one_timer_with_lock(self, timer_key: str) -> None:
+        lock = consume_lock(
+            redis_client=self.redis_client,
+            key=timer_key,
+        )
+        if await lock.locked():
+            logger.debug(f"Timer is locked, {timer_key=}")
+            return
+
+        with contextlib.suppress(LockError):
+            async with lock:
+                await self._handle_one_timer(timer_key)
+                await self._remove_timer_by_key(timer_key)
+
     async def handle_ready_timers(self) -> None:
-        ready_timers = await self.fetch_ready_timers(datetime.datetime.now(tz=TIMEZONE))
-        for timer_key in ready_timers:
-            lock = consume_lock(
-                redis_client=self.redis_client,
-                key=timer_key,
-            )
-            if await lock.locked():
-                logger.debug(f"Timer is locked, {timer_key=}")
-                continue
+        ready_timers = await self.fetch_ready_timers(timestamp=datetime.datetime.now(tz=TIMEZONE))
+        tasks_number = 0
+        async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as tg:
+            for timer_key in ready_timers:
+                tasks_number += 1
+                if tasks_number > settings.TIMERS_CONCURRENT_PROCESSING_LIMIT:
+                    break
 
-            with contextlib.suppress(LockError):
-                async with lock:
-                    await self._handle_one_timer(timer_key)
-                    await self._remove_timer_by_key(timer_key)
+                tg.create_task(self._handle_one_timer_with_lock(timer_key=timer_key))
 
     async def run_forever(self) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
         while True:
             try:
                 await self.handle_ready_timers()
             except aioredis.RedisError:
-                logger.exception("Timer haven't been consumed because of Redis error")  # pragma: no cover
+                logger.exception("Timer haven't been consumed because of Redis error")
             await asyncio.sleep(
                 settings.TIMERS_HANDLING_SLEEP
                 * random.uniform(settings.TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MIN_VALUE, settings.TIMERS_HANDLING_JITTER_MAX_VALUE),  # noqa: S311
diff --git a/tests/test_timers.py b/tests/test_timers.py
index c52cac4..5dbc4dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_timers.py
+++ b/tests/test_timers.py
@@ -140,6 +140,33 @@ async def test_handle_ready_timers(timers_instance: Timers, handler_results: Han
     assert not payloads_dict
 
 
+async def test_handle_ready_timers_with_zero_limit(timers_instance: Timers, handler_results: HandlerResults) -> None:
+    old_value = settings.TIMERS_CONCURRENT_PROCESSING_LIMIT
+    settings.TIMERS_CONCURRENT_PROCESSING_LIMIT = 0
+
+    try:
+        payload = SomePayloadModel(message="ready_timer", count=42)
+        await timers_instance.set_timer(
+            topic="some_topic",
+            timer_id="ready_timer_1",
+            payload=payload,
+            activation_period=datetime.timedelta(seconds=0),  # Ready immediately
+        )
+
+        # Handle ready timers
+        await timers_instance.handle_ready_timers()
+
+        # Check that the handler was not called
+        assert len(handler_results.results) == 0
+
+        # Check that timer was not removed from Redis
+        timeline_keys, payloads_dict = await timers_instance.fetch_all_timers()
+        assert timeline_keys
+        assert payloads_dict
+    finally:
+        settings.TIMERS_CONCURRENT_PROCESSING_LIMIT = old_value
+
+
 async def test_handle_ready_timer_no_handler(timers_instance: Timers, caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture) -> None:
     caplog.set_level(logging.INFO)
     payload = SomePayloadModel(message="ready_timer", count=42)