diff --git a/src/workflows/airqo_etl_utils/message_broker_utils.py b/src/workflows/airqo_etl_utils/message_broker_utils.py
index 3c0b487fcf..1a4838e63a 100644
--- a/src/workflows/airqo_etl_utils/message_broker_utils.py
+++ b/src/workflows/airqo_etl_utils/message_broker_utils.py
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def publish_to_topic(
                 if not auto_partition:
                     self.partition_loads[selected_partition] += 1
 
-        producer.close()
+        producer.flush()
 
     def consume_from_topic(
         self,