diff --git a/config/config.kafka.extended.hocon b/config/config.kafka.extended.hocon
index 78965106f..e22126f54 100644
--- a/config/config.kafka.extended.hocon
+++ b/config/config.kafka.extended.hocon
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@
     # Number of events that can get enriched at the same time within a chunk
     "enrich": 256
     # Number of chunks that can get sunk at the same time
-    # WARNING: if greater than 1, records can get checkpointed before they are sunk
-    "sink": 1
+    "sink": 8
   }
 
   # Optional, period after which enrich assets should be checked for updates
diff --git a/config/config.kinesis.extended.hocon b/config/config.kinesis.extended.hocon
index 46aa49adc..8980c023f 100644
--- a/config/config.kinesis.extended.hocon
+++ b/config/config.kinesis.extended.hocon
@@ -221,8 +221,7 @@
     # Number of events that can get enriched at the same time within a chunk
     "enrich": 256
     # Number of chunks that can get sunk at the same time
-    # WARNING: if greater than 1, records can get checkpointed before they are sunk
-    "sink": 1
+    "sink": 8
   }
 
   # Optional, period after which enrich assets should be checked for updates
diff --git a/modules/kafka/src/main/resources/application.conf b/modules/kafka/src/main/resources/application.conf
index 5c5897eda..d5d0bb10c 100644
--- a/modules/kafka/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/modules/kafka/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
   "concurrency" : {
     "enrich": 256
-    "sink": 1
+    "sink": 8
   }
 
   "remoteAdapters" : {
diff --git a/modules/kafka/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich.kafka/Sink.scala b/modules/kafka/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich.kafka/Sink.scala
index 1a8ecbad1..1b098d521 100644
--- a/modules/kafka/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich.kafka/Sink.scala
+++ b/modules/kafka/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich.kafka/Sink.scala
@@ -12,16 +12,13 @@
 package com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich.kafka
 
 import java.util.UUID
-
 import cats.Parallel
 import cats.implicits._
-
 import cats.effect.kernel.{Async, Resource, Sync}
-
 import fs2.kafka._
-
 import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich.common.fs2.{AttributedByteSink, AttributedData, ByteSink}
 import com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich.common.fs2.config.io.Output
+import fs2.Chunk
 
 object Sink {
 
@@ -40,12 +37,10 @@ object Sink {
     output match {
       case k: Output.Kafka =>
         mkProducer(k, authCallbackClass).map { producer => records =>
-          records.parTraverse_ { record =>
-            producer
-              .produceOne_(toProducerRecord(k.topicName, record))
-              .flatten
-              .void
-          }
+          producer
+            .produce(Chunk.from(records.map(toProducerRecord(k.topicName, _))))
+            .flatten
+            .void
         }
       case o => Resource.eval(Sync[F].raiseError(new IllegalArgumentException(s"Output $o is not Kafka")))
     }
diff --git a/modules/kinesis/src/main/resources/application.conf b/modules/kinesis/src/main/resources/application.conf
index a75006bde..05145dbd2 100644
--- a/modules/kinesis/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/modules/kinesis/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
   "concurrency" : {
     "enrich": 256
-    "sink": 1
+    "sink": 8
   }
 
   "remoteAdapters" : {
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 0da492983..cf99f3761 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ object Dependencies {
     val gcpSdk           = "2.36.1"
     val awsSdk2          = "2.25.24"
     val kinesisClient2   = "2.4.3"
-    val kafka            = "2.8.2"
+    val kafka            = "3.7.0"
     val mskAuth          = "2.0.3"
     val nsqClient        = "1.3.0"
     val jackson          = "2.16.1"
     val config           = "1.3.4"
 
     val decline          = "1.0.0"
-    val fs2              = "3.9.3"
-    val catsEffect       = "3.5.2"
+    val fs2              = "3.10.2"
+    val catsEffect       = "3.5.4"
     val fs2PubSub        = "0.22.0"
     val fs2Aws           = "4.1.0"
-    val fs2Kafka         = "3.2.0"
+    val fs2Kafka         = "3.5.1"
     val fs2BlobStorage   = "0.9.12"
     val azureIdentity    = "1.11.1"
     val nimbusJoseJwt    = "9.37.2"