diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HFileArchiver.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HFileArchiver.java
index b2ea9cd33a0b..d0040e29e7e8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HFileArchiver.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/HFileArchiver.java
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
@@ -437,19 +441,13 @@ private static List<File> resolveAndArchive(FileSystem fs, Path baseArchiveDir,
       LOG.trace("Created archive directory {}", baseArchiveDir);
     }
 
-    List<File> failures = new ArrayList<>();
+    List<File> failures = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<>());
     String startTime = Long.toString(start);
+    List<File> filesOnly = new ArrayList<>();
     for (File file : toArchive) {
       // if its a file archive it
       try {
-        LOG.trace("Archiving {}", file);
-        if (file.isFile()) {
-          // attempt to archive the file
-          if (!resolveAndArchiveFile(baseArchiveDir, file, startTime)) {
-            LOG.warn("Couldn't archive " + file + " into backup directory: " + baseArchiveDir);
-            failures.add(file);
-          }
-        } else {
+        if (!file.isFile()) {
           // otherwise its a directory and we need to archive all files
           LOG.trace("{} is a directory, archiving children files", file);
           // so we add the directory name to the one base archive
@@ -458,12 +456,51 @@ private static List<File> resolveAndArchive(FileSystem fs, Path baseArchiveDir,
           // archive those too
           Collection<File> children = file.getChildren();
           failures.addAll(resolveAndArchive(fs, parentArchiveDir, children, start));
+        } else {
+          filesOnly.add(file);
         }
       } catch (IOException e) {
         LOG.warn("Failed to archive {}", file, e);
         failures.add(file);
       }
     }
+    ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(25);
+    Map<File, Future<Boolean>> futures = new HashMap<>();
+    // In current baseDir all files will be process concurrently
+    for (File file : filesOnly) {
+      LOG.trace("Archiving {}", file);
+      Future<Boolean> archiveTask =
+        executorService.submit(() -> resolveAndArchiveFile(baseArchiveDir, file, startTime));
+      futures.put(file, archiveTask);
+    }
+
+    executorService.shutdown();
+    try {
+      if (!executorService.awaitTermination(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+        executorService.shutdown();
+      }
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      LOG.warn("HFileArchive Cleanup thread was interrupted while shutting down");
+    }
+
+    for (Map.Entry<File, Future<Boolean>> fileFutureEntry : futures.entrySet()) {
+      try {
+        boolean fileCleaned = fileFutureEntry.getValue().get();
+        if (!fileCleaned) {
+          LOG.warn("Couldn't archive %s into backup directory: %s"
+            .formatted(fileFutureEntry.getKey(), baseArchiveDir));
+          failures.add(fileFutureEntry.getKey());
+        }
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        LOG.warn("HFileArchive Cleanup thread was interrupted");
+      } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+        // this is IOException
+        LOG.warn("Failed to archive {}", fileFutureEntry.getKey(), e);
+        failures.add(fileFutureEntry.getKey());
+      }
+
+    }
+
     return failures;
   }