diff --git a/internal/publish/pub_test.go b/internal/publish/pub_test.go
index a22389f84a5..37c1be50675 100644
--- a/internal/publish/pub_test.go
+++ b/internal/publish/pub_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package publish_test
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -102,16 +103,21 @@ func BenchmarkPublisher(b *testing.B) {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, `{"version":{"number":"1.2.3"}}`)
 	})
 
-	var indexed int64
+	var indexed atomic.Int64
 	mux.HandleFunc("/_bulk", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r.Body)
+		gzr, err := gzip.NewReader(r.Body)
+		assert.NoError(b, err)
+		defer gzr.Close()
+
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(gzr)
 		var n int64
-		for scanner.Scan() {
-			if scanner.Scan() {
+		for scanner.Scan() { // index
+			if scanner.Scan() { // actual event
 				n++
 			}
 		}
-		atomic.AddInt64(&indexed, n)
+		assert.NoError(b, scanner.Err())
+		indexed.Add(n)
 	})
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(mux)
 	defer srv.Close()
@@ -169,7 +175,7 @@ func BenchmarkPublisher(b *testing.B) {
 	assert.NoError(b, publisher.Stop(context.Background()))
 	assert.NoError(b, acker.Wait(context.Background()))
 	assert.NoError(b, pipeline.Close())
-	assert.Equal(b, int64(b.N), indexed)
+	assert.Equal(b, int64(b.N), indexed.Load())
 }
 
 func newBlockingPipeline(t testing.TB) (*pipeline.Pipeline, *mockClient) {