diff --git a/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java b/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java
index c3a8acc3..1f714a5d 100644
--- a/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java
+++ b/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
 package io.debezium.server.kinesis;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import io.debezium.DebeziumException;
+import io.debezium.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
+import io.debezium.util.Clock;
+import io.debezium.util.Metronome;
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.Dependent;
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.KinesisClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.KinesisClientBuilder;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.PutRecordRequest;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkClientException;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the consumer that delivers the messages into Amazon Kinesis destination.
@@ -56,6 +62,11 @@ public class KinesisChangeConsumer extends BaseChangeConsumer implements Debeziu
     private Optional<String> endpointOverride;
     private Optional<String> credentialsProfile;
 
+    private static int retries;
+    private static Duration retryInterval;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_RETRIES = 5;
+    private static final Long RETRY_INTERVAL = Integer.toUnsignedLong(1_000); // Default to 1s
+
     @ConfigProperty(name = PROP_PREFIX + "null.key", defaultValue = "default")
     String nullKey;
 
@@ -86,6 +97,12 @@ void connect() {
         LOGGER.info("Using default KinesisClient '{}'", client);
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    void initWithConfig(Config config) {
+        retries = DEFAULT_RETRIES;
+        retryInterval = Duration.ofMillis(RETRY_INTERVAL);
+    }
+
     @PreDestroy
     void close() {
         try {
@@ -101,19 +118,39 @@ public void handleBatch(List<ChangeEvent<Object, Object>> records, RecordCommitt
             throws InterruptedException {
         for (ChangeEvent<Object, Object> record : records) {
             LOGGER.trace("Received event '{}'", record);
+
+            if (record.value() != null) {
+                int attempts = 0;
+                if (!recordSent(record)) {
+                    attempts++;
+                    if (attempts >= retries) {
+                        throw new DebeziumException("Exceeded maximum number of attempts to publish event " + record);
+                    }
+                    Metronome.sleeper(retryInterval, Clock.SYSTEM).pause();
+                }
+                committer.markProcessed(record);
+            }
+        }
+        committer.markBatchFinished();
+    }
+
+    private boolean recordSent(ChangeEvent<Object, Object> record) throws InterruptedException {
+        boolean sent = false;
+        try {
             Object rv = record.value();
             if (rv == null) {
                 rv = "";
             }
-
             final PutRecordRequest putRecord = PutRecordRequest.builder()
                     .partitionKey((record.key() != null) ? getString(record.key()) : nullKey)
                     .streamName(streamNameMapper.map(record.destination()))
                     .data(SdkBytes.fromByteArray(getBytes(rv)))
                     .build();
             client.putRecord(putRecord);
-            committer.markProcessed(record);
+        } catch (SdkClientException exception) {
+            LOGGER.error("Failed to send record to {}:", record.destination(), exception);
+            throw new DebeziumException(exception);
         }
-        committer.markBatchFinished();
+        return sent;
     }
 }