diff --git a/src/App.spec.ts b/src/App.spec.ts
index 6c9dcf06d..6ae73d5e0 100644
--- a/src/App.spec.ts
+++ b/src/App.spec.ts
@@ -502,7 +502,10 @@ describe('App', () => {
             authorize: sinon.fake.resolves(dummyAuthorizationResult),
           });
 
-          app.use((_args) => { ackFn(); });
+          app.use((_args) => {
+            ackFn();
+            _args.next();
+          });
           app.action('block_action_id', ({ }) => { actionFn(); });
           app.action({ callback_id: 'message_action_callback_id' }, ({ }) => { actionFn(); });
           app.action(
@@ -563,8 +566,9 @@ describe('App', () => {
             receiver: fakeReceiver,
             authorize: sinon.fake.resolves(dummyAuthorizationResult),
           });
-          app.use(({ logger, body }) => {
+          app.use(({ logger, body, next }) => {
             logger.info(body);
+            next();
           });
 
           app.event('app_home_opened', ({ logger, event }) => {
@@ -628,8 +632,9 @@ describe('App', () => {
               return Promise.resolve({ userToken: token, botId: 'B123' });
             },
           });
-          app.use(async ({ client }) => {
+          app.use(async ({ client, next }) => {
             await client.auth.test();
+            next();
           });
           const clients: WebClient[] = [];
           app.event('app_home_opened', async ({ client }) => {
diff --git a/src/middleware/process.spec.ts b/src/middleware/process.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4e385e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/middleware/process.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// tslint:disable:no-implicit-dependencies
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { processMiddleware } from './process';
+import { Context } from 'mocha';
+import { AnyMiddlewareArgs, Middleware } from '../types';
+
+describe('processMiddleware()', () => {
+  const middlewareOne: Middleware<AnyMiddlewareArgs> = ({ next, context }) => {
+    const fn = () => {
+      context.one = true;
+      next();
+    };
+    setTimeout(fn, 10);
+  };
+  const middlewareTwo: Middleware<AnyMiddlewareArgs> = ({ next, context }) => {
+    const fn = () => {
+      context.two = true;
+      next();
+    };
+    setTimeout(fn, 10);
+  };
+  it('processes all middleware before processing listener', (done) => {
+    processMiddleware(
+      // @ts-ignore
+      {},
+      [middlewareOne, middlewareTwo],
+      (context: Context) => {
+        // ensure that the last middleware ran to completion (i.e., called `next`) before afterMiddleware is called
+        assert.isTrue(context.one);
+        assert.isTrue(context.two);
+        done();
+      },
+      (error?: Error) => {
+        if (error) {
+          console.error(`after post process: ${error && error.message}`);
+        }
+        assert(false);
+      },
+      {},
+      null,
+      null,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/middleware/process.ts b/src/middleware/process.ts
index 916a61dea..ec25cf2f9 100644
--- a/src/middleware/process.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/process.ts
@@ -33,15 +33,13 @@ export function processMiddleware(
     // Continue processing
     if (thisMiddleware !== undefined && !(errorOrPostProcess instanceof Error)) {
       const isLastMiddleware = middlewareIndex === (middleware.length - 1);
-      const nextWhenNotLast = isLastMiddleware ? noop : next;
 
       // In this condition, errorOrPostProcess will be a postProcess function or undefined
       postProcessFns[middlewareIndex - 1] = errorOrPostProcess === undefined ? noopPostProcess : errorOrPostProcess;
-      thisMiddleware({ context, logger, client, next: nextWhenNotLast, ...initialArguments });
+      thisMiddleware({ context, logger, client, next, ...initialArguments });
 
       if (isLastMiddleware) {
         postProcessFns[middlewareIndex] = noopPostProcess;
-        process.nextTick(next);
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -82,5 +80,4 @@ export function processMiddleware(
   firstMiddleware({ context, logger, client, next, ...initialArguments });
 }
 
-function noop(): void { } // tslint:disable-line:no-empty
 const noopPostProcess: PostProcessFn = (error, done) => { done(error); };