diff --git a/src/api/models/bedrock.py b/src/api/models/bedrock.py
index 04c86b3..07c3cf7 100644
--- a/src/api/models/bedrock.py
+++ b/src/api/models/bedrock.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from typing import AsyncIterable, Iterable, Literal
 
 import boto3
+import asyncio
+import functools
 import numpy as np
 import requests
 import tiktoken
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@
 
 ENCODER = tiktoken.get_encoding("cl100k_base")
 
+async def run_in_executor(func, **args):
+    """Run a function in an executor."""
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    return await loop.run_in_executor(None, functools.partial(func, **args))
+
 
 class BedrockModel(BaseChatModel):
     # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/conversation-inference.html#conversation-inference-supported-models-features
@@ -189,13 +196,13 @@ def validate(self, chat_request: ChatRequest):
                 status_code=400,
                 detail=error,
             )
-
-    def _invoke_bedrock(self, chat_request: ChatRequest, stream=False):
-        """Common logic for invoke bedrock models"""
+        
+    def _invoke_bedrock_common(self, chat_request: ChatRequest, stream: bool = False):
+        """Common logic for invoking bedrock models"""
         if DEBUG:
             logger.info("Raw request: " + chat_request.model_dump_json())
 
-        # convert OpenAI chat request to Bedrock SDK request
+        # Convert OpenAI chat request to Bedrock SDK request
         args = self._parse_request(chat_request)
         if DEBUG:
             logger.info("Bedrock request: " + json.dumps(args))
@@ -204,20 +211,28 @@ def _invoke_bedrock(self, chat_request: ChatRequest, stream=False):
             if stream:
                 response = bedrock_runtime.converse_stream(**args)
             else:
-                response = bedrock_runtime.converse(**args)
+                response = run_in_executor(bedrock_runtime.converse, **args)
+            return response
         except bedrock_runtime.exceptions.ValidationException as e:
             logger.error("Validation Error: " + str(e))
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=str(e))
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(e)
             raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
-        return response
+        
+    async def _invoke_bedrock_async(self, chat_request: ChatRequest):
+        """Invoke bedrock models in async mode using common logic"""
+        return await self._invoke_bedrock_common(chat_request)
+
+    def _invoke_bedrock_stream(self, chat_request: ChatRequest):
+        """Invoke bedrock models in streaming mode using common logic"""
+        return self._invoke_bedrock_common(chat_request, stream=True)
 
-    def chat(self, chat_request: ChatRequest) -> ChatResponse:
+    async def chat(self, chat_request: ChatRequest) -> ChatResponse:
         """Default implementation for Chat API."""
 
         message_id = self.generate_message_id()
-        response = self._invoke_bedrock(chat_request)
+        response = await self._invoke_bedrock_async(chat_request)
 
         output_message = response["output"]["message"]
         input_tokens = response["usage"]["inputTokens"]
@@ -238,7 +253,7 @@ def chat(self, chat_request: ChatRequest) -> ChatResponse:
 
     def chat_stream(self, chat_request: ChatRequest) -> AsyncIterable[bytes]:
         """Default implementation for Chat Stream API"""
-        response = self._invoke_bedrock(chat_request, stream=True)
+        response = self._invoke_bedrock_stream(chat_request, stream=True)
         message_id = self.generate_message_id()
 
         stream = response.get("stream")
@@ -677,13 +692,13 @@ class BedrockEmbeddingsModel(BaseEmbeddingsModel, ABC):
     accept = "application/json"
     content_type = "application/json"
 
-    def _invoke_model(self, args: dict, model_id: str):
+    async def _invoke_model(self, args: dict, model_id: str):
         body = json.dumps(args)
         if DEBUG:
             logger.info("Invoke Bedrock Model: " + model_id)
             logger.info("Bedrock request body: " + body)
         try:
-            return bedrock_runtime.invoke_model(
+            return await run_in_executor(bedrock_runtime.invoke_model,
                 body=body,
                 modelId=model_id,
                 accept=self.accept,
@@ -757,7 +772,7 @@ def _parse_args(self, embeddings_request: EmbeddingsRequest) -> dict:
         }
         return args
 
-    def embed(self, embeddings_request: EmbeddingsRequest) -> EmbeddingsResponse:
+    async def embed(self, embeddings_request: EmbeddingsRequest) -> EmbeddingsResponse:
         response = self._invoke_model(
             args=self._parse_args(embeddings_request), model_id=embeddings_request.model
         )
@@ -798,7 +813,7 @@ def _parse_args(self, embeddings_request: EmbeddingsRequest) -> dict:
             )
         return args
 
-    def embed(self, embeddings_request: EmbeddingsRequest) -> EmbeddingsResponse:
+    async def embed(self, embeddings_request: EmbeddingsRequest) -> EmbeddingsResponse:
         response = self._invoke_model(
             args=self._parse_args(embeddings_request), model_id=embeddings_request.model
         )
diff --git a/src/api/routers/chat.py b/src/api/routers/chat.py
index 1e48a48..542ee36 100644
--- a/src/api/routers/chat.py
+++ b/src/api/routers/chat.py
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ async def chat_completions(
         return StreamingResponse(
             content=model.chat_stream(chat_request), media_type="text/event-stream"
         )
-    return model.chat(chat_request)
+    return await model.chat(chat_request)
diff --git a/src/api/routers/embeddings.py b/src/api/routers/embeddings.py
index e5cde31..3fe95d2 100644
--- a/src/api/routers/embeddings.py
+++ b/src/api/routers/embeddings.py
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ async def embeddings(
         embeddings_request.model = DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_MODEL
     # Exception will be raised if model not supported.
     model = get_embeddings_model(embeddings_request.model)
-    return model.embed(embeddings_request)
+    return await model.embed(embeddings_request)