diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/reform/sscs/config/MessagingConfig.java b/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/reform/sscs/config/MessagingConfig.java
index 3bf221ffc8e..cf2e9fd8c8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/reform/sscs/config/MessagingConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/gov/hmcts/reform/sscs/config/MessagingConfig.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.qpid.jms.JmsConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.qpid.jms.policy.JmsDefaultPrefetchPolicy;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@
 import org.springframework.jms.connection.CachingConnectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate;
 
-
 @Configuration
 @Slf4j
 @EnableJms
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ public ConnectionFactory jmsConnectionFactory(@Value("${spring.application.name}
                                                   @Value("${amqp.username}") final String username,
                                                   @Value("${amqp.password}") final String password,
                                                   @Autowired final String jmsUrlString,
-                                                  @Autowired(required = false) final SSLContext jmsSslContext) {
+                                                  @Autowired(required = false) final SSLContext jmsSslContext,
+                                                  @Value("${amqp.prefetch.override}") final boolean prefetchOverride,
+                                                  @Value("${amqp.prefetch.topicPrefetch}") final int topicPrefetch) {
         JmsConnectionFactory jmsConnectionFactory = new JmsConnectionFactory(jmsUrlString);
         jmsConnectionFactory.setUsername(username);
         jmsConnectionFactory.setPassword(password);
@@ -41,7 +43,12 @@ public ConnectionFactory jmsConnectionFactory(@Value("${spring.application.name}
         if (jmsSslContext != null) {
             jmsConnectionFactory.setSslContext(jmsSslContext);
         }
-
+        if (prefetchOverride) {
+            JmsDefaultPrefetchPolicy prefetchPolicy = new JmsDefaultPrefetchPolicy();
+            prefetchPolicy.setTopicPrefetch(topicPrefetch);
+            prefetchPolicy.setDurableTopicPrefetch(topicPrefetch);
+            jmsConnectionFactory.setPrefetchPolicy(prefetchPolicy);
+        }
         return new CachingConnectionFactory(jmsConnectionFactory);
     }
 
@@ -62,5 +69,4 @@ public JmsListenerContainerFactory topicJmsListenerContainerFactory(ConnectionFa
         returnValue.setExceptionListener(t -> log.error("Exception while processing JMS message", t));
         return returnValue;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application.properties b/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
index bf7e22db47a..e8422b4ae11 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application.properties
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ amqp.password=${AMQP_PASSWORD:}
 amqp.topic=${TOPIC_NAME:sscs-topic}
 amqp.subscription=${SUBSCRIPTION_NAME:test.queue}
 amqp.trustAllCerts=${TRUST_ALL_CERTS:true}
+amqp.prefetch.override=${AMQP_PREFETCH_OVERRIDE:false}
+amqp.prefetch.topicPrefetch=${AMQP_TOPIC_PREFETCH:1}
 
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