diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 6fe914202e..9d4aa547f8 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,20 @@ export async function createRouter(
 
   const actionRegistry = new TemplateActionRegistry();
 
+  const workers = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < (taskWorkers || 1); i++) {
+    const worker = await TaskWorker.create({
+      taskBroker,
+      actionRegistry,
+      integrations,
+      logger,
+      workingDirectory,
+      additionalTemplateFilters,
+      additionalTemplateGlobals,
+    });
+    workers.push(worker);
+  }
+
   const actionsToRegister = Array.isArray(actions)
     ? actions
     : createBuiltinActions({
@@ -213,17 +227,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
       });
 
   actionsToRegister.forEach(action => actionRegistry.register(action));
-
-  const worker = await TaskWorker.create({
-    taskBroker,
-    actionRegistry,
-    integrations,
-    logger,
-    workingDirectory,
-    additionalTemplateFilters,
-    additionalTemplateGlobals,
-  });
-  worker.start();
+  workers.forEach(worker => worker.start());
 
   const dryRunner = createDryRunner({
     actionRegistry,