diff --git a/rust/capture/src/config.rs b/rust/capture/src/config.rs
index 0a659e9ea18f69..ae502e5f20b8d7 100644
--- a/rust/capture/src/config.rs
+++ b/rust/capture/src/config.rs
@@ -89,4 +89,8 @@ pub struct KafkaConfig {
     pub kafka_tls: bool,
     #[envconfig(default = "")]
     pub kafka_client_id: String,
+    #[envconfig(default = "60000")]
+    pub kafka_metadata_max_age_ms: u32,
+    #[envconfig(default = "2")]
+    pub kafka_producer_max_retries: u32,
 }
diff --git a/rust/capture/src/sinks/kafka.rs b/rust/capture/src/sinks/kafka.rs
index 2e008a900ccd6c..b1d51713903475 100644
--- a/rust/capture/src/sinks/kafka.rs
+++ b/rust/capture/src/sinks/kafka.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ impl KafkaSink {
             .set("bootstrap.servers", &config.kafka_hosts)
             .set("statistics.interval.ms", "10000")
             .set("partitioner", "murmur2_random") // Compatibility with python-kafka
+            .set(
+                "metadata.max.age.ms",
+                config.kafka_metadata_max_age_ms.to_string(),
+            )
+            .set(
+                "message.send.max.retries",
+                config.kafka_producer_max_retries.to_string(),
+            )
             .set("linger.ms", config.kafka_producer_linger_ms.to_string())
             .set(
                 "message.max.bytes",
@@ -371,6 +379,8 @@ mod tests {
             kafka_heatmaps_topic: "events_plugin_ingestion".to_string(),
             kafka_tls: false,
             kafka_client_id: "".to_string(),
+            kafka_metadata_max_age_ms: 60000,
+            kafka_producer_max_retries: 2,
         };
         let sink = KafkaSink::new(config, handle, limiter).expect("failed to create sink");
         (cluster, sink)
diff --git a/rust/capture/tests/common.rs b/rust/capture/tests/common.rs
index fe7e5bb9d8cccd..e9b636ac9a7355 100644
--- a/rust/capture/tests/common.rs
+++ b/rust/capture/tests/common.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ pub static DEFAULT_CONFIG: Lazy<Config> = Lazy::new(|| Config {
         kafka_heatmaps_topic: "events_plugin_ingestion".to_string(),
         kafka_tls: false,
         kafka_client_id: "".to_string(),
+        kafka_metadata_max_age_ms: 60000,
+        kafka_producer_max_retries: 2,
     },
     otel_url: None,
     otel_sampling_rate: 0.0,