diff --git a/batch.go b/batch.go
index 5b721d7..e34997c 100644
--- a/batch.go
+++ b/batch.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/dynamodb"
@@ -51,86 +52,102 @@ func (b *batch) commitKeys(ctx context.Context, keys []datastore.Key) error {
 	defer stop()
 
 	log.Debugf("committing batch", "Batch", keys)
-	errs := make(chan error)
+	errs := make(chan error, len(keys))
 	chunks := chunk(len(keys), 25)
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	
 	for _, chunk := range chunks {
-		var writeReqs []*dynamodb.WriteRequest
-		for _, keyIdx := range chunk {
-			k := keys[keyIdx]
-			v := b.reqs[k]
-			if v != nil {
-				// put
-				itemMap, err := b.ds.makePutItem(k, v, 0)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				writeReqs = append(writeReqs, &dynamodb.WriteRequest{
-					PutRequest: &dynamodb.PutRequest{Item: itemMap},
-				})
-			} else {
-				// delete
-				itemMap, err := b.ds.makeDeleteItemMap(k)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
+		if err := b.ds.batchSem.Acquire(ctx, 1); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to acquire semaphore: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(chunk []int) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			defer b.ds.batchSem.Release(1)
+
+			var writeReqs []*dynamodb.WriteRequest
+			for _, keyIdx := range chunk {
+				k := keys[keyIdx]
+				v := b.reqs[k]
+				if v != nil {
+					// put
+					itemMap, err := b.ds.makePutItem(k, v, 0)
+					if err != nil {
+						errs <- err
+						return
+					}
+					writeReqs = append(writeReqs, &dynamodb.WriteRequest{
+						PutRequest: &dynamodb.PutRequest{Item: itemMap},
+					})
+				} else {
+					// delete
+					itemMap, err := b.ds.makeDeleteItemMap(k)
+					if err != nil {
+						errs <- err
+						return
+					}
+					writeReqs = append(writeReqs, &dynamodb.WriteRequest{
+						DeleteRequest: &dynamodb.DeleteRequest{Key: itemMap},
+					})
 				}
-				writeReqs = append(writeReqs, &dynamodb.WriteRequest{
-					DeleteRequest: &dynamodb.DeleteRequest{Key: itemMap},
-				})
 			}
-
-		}
-		go b.commitChunk(ctx, errs, writeReqs)
+			err := b.commitChunk(ctx, writeReqs)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs <- err
+			}
+		}(chunk)
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; i < len(chunks); i++ {
-		err := <-errs
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(errs)
+	}()
+
+	for err := range errs {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
-
 }
 
-func (b *batch) commitChunk(ctx context.Context, errs chan<- error, chunk []*dynamodb.WriteRequest) {
+func (b *batch) commitChunk(ctx context.Context, chunk []*dynamodb.WriteRequest) error {
 	attempts := 0
-
-	var err error
-
-	defer func() {
-		select {
-		case errs <- err:
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-		}
-	}()
-
-	var res *dynamodb.BatchWriteItemOutput
 	for attempts < maxBatchChunkAttempts {
 		attempts++
 
 		batchReq := dynamodb.BatchWriteItemInput{
 			RequestItems: map[string][]*dynamodb.WriteRequest{b.ds.table: chunk},
 		}
-		res, err = b.ds.ddbClient.BatchWriteItemWithContext(ctx, &batchReq)
+		res, err := b.ds.ddbClient.BatchWriteItemWithContext(ctx, &batchReq)
 		if err != nil {
-			return
+			return err
 		}
 		if len(res.UnprocessedItems[b.ds.table]) == 0 {
-			return
+			return nil
 		}
 
 		chunk = res.UnprocessedItems[b.ds.table]
 
-		// sleep using exponential backoff w/ jitter
-		jitter := (b.ds.rand.Float64() * 0.2) + 0.9            // jitter factor is in interval [0.9:1.1]
-		delayMS := math.Exp2(float64(attempts)) * 250 * jitter // delays are approx 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, ...
+		b.ds.randMu.Lock()
+		jitter := (b.ds.rand.Float64() * 0.2) + 0.9
+		b.ds.randMu.Unlock()
 
-		delay := time.Duration(time.Duration(delayMS) * time.Millisecond)
-		time.Sleep(delay)
+		delayMS := math.Exp2(float64(attempts)) * 250 * jitter
+		delay := time.Duration(delayMS) * time.Millisecond
+		
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return ctx.Err()
+		case <-time.After(delay):
+			// Continue with retry
+		}
 	}
 
-	err = fmt.Errorf("reached max attempts (%d) trying to commit batch to DynamoDB, last error: %w", maxBatchChunkAttempts, err)
+	return fmt.Errorf("reached max attempts (%d) trying to commit batch to DynamoDB", maxBatchChunkAttempts)
 }
 
 // chunk returns a list of chunks, each consisting of a list of array indexes.
diff --git a/ddbds.go b/ddbds.go
index 0c21a66..e4bf68b 100644
--- a/ddbds.go
+++ b/ddbds.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	ds "github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore/query"
 	golog "github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ func New(ddbClient *dynamodb.DynamoDB, table string, optFns ...func(o *Options))
 		disableQueries:             opts.disableQueries,
 		disableScans:               opts.disableScans,
 		rand:                       rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())),
+		batchSem:                   semaphore.NewWeighted(25),
 	}
 
 	if ddbDS.scanParallelism == 0 {
@@ -129,7 +132,10 @@ type DDBDatastore struct {
 	disableQueries bool
 	disableScans   bool
 
-	rand *rand.Rand
+	randMu sync.Mutex
+	rand   *rand.Rand
+
+	batchSem *semaphore.Weighted
 }
 
 var _ ds.Datastore = (*DDBDatastore)(nil)