diff --git a/deploy/docker/otel-collector-config.yaml b/deploy/docker/otel-collector-config.yaml
index 467f9989d9..510c05389b 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/otel-collector-config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/docker/otel-collector-config.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ receivers:
       thrift_http:
 processors:
   batch:
+    send_batch_size: 1000
+    timeout: 10s
   memory_limiter:
     # Same as --mem-ballast-size-mib CLI argument
     ballast_size_mib: 683
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/otel-collector/config.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/otel-collector/config.yaml
index fb2faac7c5..f950b2c2fe 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/otel-collector/config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/otel-collector/config.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ data:
           thrift_http:
     processors:
       batch:
+        send_batch_size: 1000
+        timeout: 10s
       memory_limiter:
         # Same as --mem-ballast-size-mib CLI argument
         ballast_size_mib: 683