diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
index 9c7d7690faa4..627c432d3c5d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConfigKeys.java
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ public final class OzoneConfigKeys {
   public static final String OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT
       = "300s"; // 300s for default
 
+  public static final String OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_WORKERS =
+      "ozone.block.deleting.service.workers";
+  public static final int OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_WORKERS_DEFAULT
+      = 10;
+
   public static final String OZONE_KEY_PREALLOCATION_BLOCKS_MAX =
       "ozone.key.preallocation.max.blocks";
   public static final int OZONE_KEY_PREALLOCATION_BLOCKS_MAX_DEFAULT
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index 2f9d01da2b92..d1c8cfd03c56 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -398,6 +398,14 @@
       assumed.
     </description>
   </property>
+  <property>
+    <name>ozone.block.deleting.service.workers</name>
+    <value>10</value>
+    <tag>OZONE, PERFORMANCE, SCM</tag>
+    <description>Number of workers executed of block deletion service. This
+      configuration should be set to greater than 0.
+    </description>
+  </property>
   <property>
     <name>ozone.UnsafeByteOperations.enabled</name>
     <value>true</value>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java
index 905918a2f924..e43fb9d925dd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java
@@ -87,14 +87,13 @@ public class BlockDeletingService extends BackgroundService {
 
   // Task priority is useful when a to-delete block has weight.
   private static final int TASK_PRIORITY_DEFAULT = 1;
-  // Core pool size for container tasks
-  private static final int BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_CORE_POOL_SIZE = 10;
 
   public BlockDeletingService(OzoneContainer ozoneContainer,
-      long serviceInterval, long serviceTimeout, TimeUnit timeUnit,
-      ConfigurationSource conf) {
+                              long serviceInterval, long serviceTimeout,
+                              TimeUnit timeUnit, int workerSize,
+                              ConfigurationSource conf) {
     super("BlockDeletingService", serviceInterval, timeUnit,
-        BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_CORE_POOL_SIZE, serviceTimeout);
+        workerSize, serviceTimeout);
     this.ozoneContainer = ozoneContainer;
     try {
       containerDeletionPolicy = conf.getClass(
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/OzoneContainer.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/OzoneContainer.java
index d6c90d5563ac..5eaa01e2f2f7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/OzoneContainer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/ozoneimpl/OzoneContainer.java
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_TIMEOUT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_WORKERS;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_WORKERS_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.ozoneimpl.ContainerScrubberConfiguration.VOLUME_BYTES_PER_SECOND_KEY;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Timer;
@@ -184,9 +186,13 @@ public OzoneContainer(
         .getTimeDuration(OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_TIMEOUT,
             OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT,
             TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+    int serviceWorkerSize = config
+        .getInt(OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_WORKERS,
+            OZONE_BLOCK_DELETING_SERVICE_WORKERS_DEFAULT);
     blockDeletingService =
         new BlockDeletingService(this, svcInterval.toMillis(), serviceTimeout,
-            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, config);
+            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, serviceWorkerSize, config);
 
     if (certClient != null && secConf.isGrpcTlsEnabled()) {
       List<X509Certificate> x509Certificates =
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java
index 014913e806dd..de4bf92980fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestBlockDeletingService.java
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ public void testBlockDeletionTimeout() throws Exception {
         mockDependencies(containerSet, keyValueHandler);
     BlockDeletingService svc = new BlockDeletingService(ozoneContainer,
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(1000), timeout, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS,
-        conf);
+        10, conf);
     svc.start();
 
     LogCapturer log = LogCapturer.captureLogs(BackgroundService.LOG);
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ public void testBlockDeletionTimeout() throws Exception {
     timeout  = 0;
     svc = new BlockDeletingService(ozoneContainer,
         TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(1000), timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
-        conf);
+        10, conf);
     svc.start();
 
     // get container meta data
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/impl/TestContainerDeletionChoosingPolicy.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/impl/TestContainerDeletionChoosingPolicy.java
index 92ebbcacc1e4..94f2e3ebaeda 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/impl/TestContainerDeletionChoosingPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/impl/TestContainerDeletionChoosingPolicy.java
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ private BlockDeletingService getBlockDeletingService() {
     Mockito.when(ozoneContainer.getWriteChannel()).thenReturn(null);
     blockDeletingService = new BlockDeletingService(ozoneContainer,
         SERVICE_INTERVAL_IN_MILLISECONDS, SERVICE_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLISECONDS,
-        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, conf);
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, 10, conf);
     return blockDeletingService;
 
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/testutils/BlockDeletingServiceTestImpl.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/testutils/BlockDeletingServiceTestImpl.java
index ecb7af8054dd..ee2bcfee6d32 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/testutils/BlockDeletingServiceTestImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/testutils/BlockDeletingServiceTestImpl.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class BlockDeletingServiceTestImpl
   public BlockDeletingServiceTestImpl(OzoneContainer container,
       int serviceInterval, ConfigurationSource conf) {
     super(container, serviceInterval, SERVICE_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLISECONDS,
-        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, conf);
+        TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, 10, conf);
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting