diff --git a/AGHTechDoc.md b/AGHTechDoc.md
index 5a3b001c958..61013995941 100644
--- a/AGHTechDoc.md
+++ b/AGHTechDoc.md
@@ -893,8 +893,7 @@ Response:
 		"edns_cs_enabled": true | false,
 		"dnssec_enabled": true | false
 		"disable_ipv6": true | false,
-		"fastest_addr": true | false, // use Fastest Address algorithm
-		"parallel_requests": true | false, // send DNS requests to all upstream servers at once
+		"upstream_mode": "" | "parallel" | "fastest_addr"
 	}
 
 
@@ -916,8 +915,7 @@ Request:
 		"edns_cs_enabled": true | false,
 		"dnssec_enabled": true | false
 		"disable_ipv6": true | false,
-		"fastest_addr": true | false, // use Fastest Address algorithm
-		"parallel_requests": true | false, // send DNS requests to all upstream servers at once
+		"upstream_mode": "" | "parallel" | "fastest_addr"
 	}
 
 Response:
diff --git a/dnsforward/config.go b/dnsforward/config.go
index 1fe9dfb263c..51b510ff9d4 100644
--- a/dnsforward/config.go
+++ b/dnsforward/config.go
@@ -145,9 +145,14 @@ func (s *Server) createProxyConfig() (proxy.Config, error) {
 		UpstreamConfig:         s.conf.UpstreamConfig,
 		BeforeRequestHandler:   s.beforeRequestHandler,
 		RequestHandler:         s.handleDNSRequest,
-		AllServers:             s.conf.AllServers,
 		EnableEDNSClientSubnet: s.conf.EnableEDNSClientSubnet,
-		FindFastestAddr:        s.conf.FastestAddr,
+	}
+
+	proxyConfig.UpstreamMode = proxy.UModeLoadBalance
+	if s.conf.AllServers {
+		proxyConfig.UpstreamMode = proxy.UModeParallel
+	} else if s.conf.FastestAddr {
+		proxyConfig.UpstreamMode = proxy.UModeFastestAddr
 	}
 
 	if len(s.conf.BogusNXDomain) > 0 {
diff --git a/dnsforward/dnsforward_http.go b/dnsforward/dnsforward_http.go
index c2c94061f25..cc13914d824 100644
--- a/dnsforward/dnsforward_http.go
+++ b/dnsforward/dnsforward_http.go
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ type dnsConfigJSON struct {
 	EDNSCSEnabled     bool   `json:"edns_cs_enabled"`
 	DNSSECEnabled     bool   `json:"dnssec_enabled"`
 	DisableIPv6       bool   `json:"disable_ipv6"`
-	FastestAddr       bool   `json:"fastest_addr"`
-	ParallelRequests  bool   `json:"parallel_requests"`
+	UpstreamMode      string `json:"upstream_mode"`
 }
 
 func (s *Server) handleGetConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -51,8 +50,11 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	resp.EDNSCSEnabled = s.conf.EnableEDNSClientSubnet
 	resp.DNSSECEnabled = s.conf.EnableDNSSEC
 	resp.DisableIPv6 = s.conf.AAAADisabled
-	resp.FastestAddr = s.conf.FastestAddr
-	resp.ParallelRequests = s.conf.AllServers
+	if s.conf.FastestAddr {
+		resp.UpstreamMode = "fastest_addr"
+	} else if s.conf.AllServers {
+		resp.UpstreamMode = "parallel"
+	}
 	s.RUnlock()
 
 	js, err := json.Marshal(resp)
@@ -118,6 +120,12 @@ func (s *Server) handleSetConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if js.Exists("upstream_mode") &&
+		!(req.UpstreamMode == "" || req.UpstreamMode == "fastest_addr" || req.UpstreamMode == "parallel") {
+		httpError(r, w, http.StatusBadRequest, "upstream_mode: incorrect value")
+		return
+	}
+
 	restart := false
 	s.Lock()
 
@@ -169,12 +177,19 @@ func (s *Server) handleSetConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		s.conf.AAAADisabled = req.DisableIPv6
 	}
 
-	if js.Exists("fastest_addr") {
-		s.conf.FastestAddr = req.FastestAddr
-	}
+	if js.Exists("upstream_mode") {
+		s.conf.FastestAddr = false
+		s.conf.AllServers = false
+		switch req.UpstreamMode {
+		case "":
+			//
+
+		case "parallel":
+			s.conf.AllServers = true
 
-	if js.Exists("parallel_requests") {
-		s.conf.AllServers = req.ParallelRequests
+		case "fastest_addr":
+			s.conf.FastestAddr = true
+		}
 	}
 
 	s.Unlock()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c5530c142b0..a67e87474a7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy v0.28.1
+	github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy v0.29.0
 	github.com/AdguardTeam/golibs v0.4.2
 	github.com/AdguardTeam/urlfilter v0.10.1
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4a7131a3c61..38971352c10 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy v0.28.1 h1:WkLjrUcVf/njbTLyL7bNt6e18zQjF2ZYv/HWwL9cMmU=
-github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy v0.28.1/go.mod h1:hOYFV9TW+pd5XKYz7KZf2FFD8SvSPqjyGTxUae86s58=
+github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy v0.29.0 h1:cHurldpiipPBAH+kgytcg9pkeYjG43KWiVYPbN3rAw4=
+github.com/AdguardTeam/dnsproxy v0.29.0/go.mod h1:hOYFV9TW+pd5XKYz7KZf2FFD8SvSPqjyGTxUae86s58=
 github.com/AdguardTeam/golibs v0.4.0 h1:4VX6LoOqFe9p9Gf55BeD8BvJD6M6RDYmgEiHrENE9KU=
 github.com/AdguardTeam/golibs v0.4.0/go.mod h1:skKsDKIBB7kkFflLJBpfGX+G8QFTx0WKUzB6TIgtUj4=
 github.com/AdguardTeam/golibs v0.4.2 h1:7M28oTZFoFwNmp8eGPb3ImmYbxGaJLyQXeIFVHjME0o=
diff --git a/openapi/openapi.yaml b/openapi/openapi.yaml
index 304c8dc59aa..a4066b7eff3 100644
--- a/openapi/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi/openapi.yaml
@@ -1019,12 +1019,11 @@ components:
                     type: boolean
                 dnssec_enabled:
                     type: boolean
-                fastest_addr:
-                    type: boolean
-                parallel_requests:
-                    type: boolean
-                    description: If true, parallel queries to all configured upstream servers are
-                        enabled
+                upstream_mode:
+                    enum:
+                        - ""
+                        - parallel
+                        - fastest_addr
         UpstreamsConfig:
             type: object
             description: Upstreams configuration