diff --git a/internal/config/defaults.go b/internal/config/defaults.go
index cc1212edc..534e89318 100644
--- a/internal/config/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/config/defaults.go
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ const (
 	DefCollectorTLSCAPath   = "/var/lib/nginx-agent/ca.pem"
 	DefCollectorTLSSANNames = "127.0.0.1,::1,localhost"
 
-	DefCollectorBatchProcessorSendBatchSize    = 8192
-	DefCollectorBatchProcessorSendBatchMaxSize = 0
-	DefCollectorBatchProcessorTimeout          = 200 * time.Millisecond
+	DefCollectorBatchProcessorSendBatchSize    = 1000
+	DefCollectorBatchProcessorSendBatchMaxSize = 1000
+	DefCollectorBatchProcessorTimeout          = 30 * time.Second
 
 	DefCollectorExtensionsHealthServerHost      = "localhost"
 	DefCollectorExtensionsHealthServerPort      = 13133
diff --git a/test/config/agent/nginx-agent-otel-load.conf b/test/config/agent/nginx-agent-otel-load.conf
index 72c7315c6..2ee5e8651 100644
--- a/test/config/agent/nginx-agent-otel-load.conf
+++ b/test/config/agent/nginx-agent-otel-load.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ collector:
           host: "127.0.0.1"
           port: 4317
   processors:
-    batch: {}
+    batch:
+      send_batch_size: 8192
+      timeout: 200ms
+      send_batch_max_size: 0
   exporters:
     otlp:
       - server:
diff --git a/test/config/collector/test-opentelemetry-collector-agent.yaml b/test/config/collector/test-opentelemetry-collector-agent.yaml
index fb9e09d70..9a17adc3f 100644
--- a/test/config/collector/test-opentelemetry-collector-agent.yaml
+++ b/test/config/collector/test-opentelemetry-collector-agent.yaml
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ processors:
         action: add
         value: 12345
   batch:
-    send_batch_size: 8192
-    timeout: 200ms
-    send_batch_max_size: 0
+    send_batch_size: 1000
+    timeout: 30s
+    send_batch_max_size: 1000
 
 exporters:
   otlp/0: