diff --git a/api/layer/object.go b/api/layer/object.go
index 23df295c3..67377ef4a 100644
--- a/api/layer/object.go
+++ b/api/layer/object.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object"
 	oid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/id"
+	"github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
@@ -408,13 +410,19 @@ func (n *layer) ListObjectsV2(ctx context.Context, p *ListObjectsParamsV2) (*Lis
 	return &result, nil
 }
 
-func (n *layer) getLatestObjectsVersions(ctx context.Context, p allObjectParams) ([]*data.ObjectInfo, *data.ObjectInfo, error) {
+type logWrapper struct {
+	log *zap.Logger
+}
+
+func (l *logWrapper) Printf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+	l.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
+}
+
+func (n *layer) getLatestObjectsVersions(ctx context.Context, p allObjectParams) (objects []*data.ObjectInfo, next *data.ObjectInfo, err error) {
 	if p.MaxKeys == 0 {
 		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
-	var err error
-
 	cacheKey := cache.CreateObjectsListCacheKey(&p.Bucket.CID, p.Prefix, true)
 	nodeVersions := n.listsCache.GetVersions(cacheKey)
 
@@ -432,26 +440,96 @@ func (n *layer) getLatestObjectsVersions(ctx context.Context, p allObjectParams)
 		return nodeVersions[i].FilePath < nodeVersions[j].FilePath
 	})
 
-	existed := make(map[string]struct{}, len(nodeVersions)) // to squash the same directories
-	objects := make([]*data.ObjectInfo, 0, p.MaxKeys)
-
-	for _, node := range nodeVersions {
-		if shouldSkip(node, p, existed) {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if len(objects) == p.MaxKeys {
-			return objects, &data.ObjectInfo{ID: node.OID, Name: node.FilePath}, nil
-		}
-
-		if obj := n.objectFromObjectsCacheOrNeoFS(ctx, p.Bucket, node.OID); obj != nil {
-			if oi := objectInfoFromMeta(p.Bucket, obj, p.Prefix, p.Delimiter); oi != nil {
-				objects = append(objects, oi)
-			}
-		}
+	poolCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	objOutCh, err := n.initWorkerPool(poolCtx, 2, p, nodesGenerator(poolCtx, p, nodeVersions))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to init worker pool: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return objects, nil, nil
+	objects = make([]*data.ObjectInfo, 0, p.MaxKeys)
+
+	for obj := range objOutCh {
+		if len(objects) == p.MaxKeys { // todo reconsider stop condition
+			next = obj
+			break
+		}
+		objects = append(objects, obj)
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(objects, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return objects[i].Name < objects[j].Name
+	})
+
+	return
+}
+
+func nodesGenerator(ctx context.Context, p allObjectParams, nodeVersions []*data.NodeVersion) <-chan *data.NodeVersion {
+	nodeCh := make(chan *data.NodeVersion)
+	existed := make(map[string]struct{}, len(nodeVersions)) // to squash the same directories
+
+	go func() {
+	LOOP:
+		for _, node := range nodeVersions {
+			if shouldSkip(node, p, existed) {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				break LOOP
+			case nodeCh <- node:
+			}
+		}
+		close(nodeCh)
+	}()
+
+	return nodeCh
+}
+
+func (n *layer) initWorkerPool(ctx context.Context, size int, p allObjectParams, input <-chan *data.NodeVersion) (<-chan *data.ObjectInfo, error) {
+	pool, err := ants.NewPool(size, ants.WithLogger(&logWrapper{n.log}))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("coudln't init go pool for listing: %w", err)
+	}
+	objCh := make(chan *data.ObjectInfo)
+
+	go func() {
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	LOOP:
+		for node := range input {
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				break LOOP
+			default:
+			}
+
+			func(node *data.NodeVersion) {
+				wg.Add(1)
+				err = pool.Submit(func() {
+					defer wg.Done()
+					if obj := n.objectFromObjectsCacheOrNeoFS(ctx, p.Bucket, node.OID); obj != nil {
+						if oi := objectInfoFromMeta(p.Bucket, obj, p.Prefix, p.Delimiter); oi != nil {
+							select {
+							case <-ctx.Done():
+							case objCh <- oi:
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				})
+				if err != nil {
+					wg.Done()
+					n.log.Warn("failed to submit task to pool", zap.Error(err))
+				}
+			}(node)
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(objCh)
+		pool.Release()
+	}()
+
+	return objCh, nil
 }
 
 func (n *layer) getAllObjectsVersions(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.BucketInfo, prefix, delimiter string) (map[string][]*data.ExtendedObjectInfo, error) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ae77d6112..d9747d97a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go v0.98.2
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2 v2.13.0
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go v1.0.0-rc.5
+	github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2 v2.5.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.18.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220315160706-3147a52a75dd
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1729c153a..3c27106e9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.4.3/go.mod h1:ex+gbHU/CVuBBDIJjb2X0qEXbFg53c61hWP/1Cpa
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1 h1:o0+MgICZLuZ7xjH7Vx6zS/zcu93/BEp1VwkIW1mEXCE=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
+github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2 v2.5.0 h1:1rWGWSnxCsQBga+nQbA4/iY6VMeNoOIAM0ZWh9u3q2Q=
+github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:cU93usDlihJZ5CfRGNDYsiBYvoilLvBF5Qp/BT2GNRE=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.3 h1:zeC5b1GviRUyKYd6OJPvBU/mcVDVoL1OhT17FCt5dSQ=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.3/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCkoOuaOx1Y+c=
@@ -446,8 +448,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v0.0.0-20180307113352-169b1b37be73/go.mod h1:Z4AUp2Km+PwemOoO/VB5AOx9XSsIItzFjoJlOSiYmn0=