diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index d8cf98790e..c3fc950111 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="6.12.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.Core" Version="9.0.100" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FSharp.SystemTextJson" Version="1.3.13" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx" Version="1.26.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx" Version="1.27.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.Events" Version="1.29.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.Events.SourceGenerator" Version="1.5.0">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
diff --git a/src/Marten/Events/QuickEventAppender.cs b/src/Marten/Events/QuickEventAppender.cs
index 1ae83d5c05..baabef6d3c 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Events/QuickEventAppender.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Events/QuickEventAppender.cs
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ private static void registerOperationsForStreams(EventGraph eventGraph, Document
             }
         }
 
+        // The quick-append path never reads from this queue (PrepareEvents calls
+        // applyQuickMetadata, not applyRichMetadata, and only the rich variant
+        // dequeues from it). Hoist a single throwaway instance out of the
+        // per-stream loop so we don't allocate one per stream on every save.
+        var sequences = new Queue<long>();
+
         foreach (var stream in session.WorkTracker.Streams.Where(x => x.Events.Any()))
         {
             stream.TenantId ??= session.TenantId;
-
-            // Not really using it, just need a stand in
-            var sequences = new Queue<long>();
             if (stream.ActionType == StreamActionType.Start)
             {
                 stream.PrepareEvents(0, eventGraph, sequences, session);
diff --git a/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.SaveChanges.cs b/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.SaveChanges.cs
index 37637aff0a..32a0299cb3 100644
--- a/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.SaveChanges.cs
+++ b/src/Marten/Internal/Sessions/DocumentSessionBase.SaveChanges.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,20 @@ async ValueTask<IMessageSink> IStorageOperations.GetOrStartMessageSink()
 
     private IEnumerable<Type> operationDocumentTypes()
     {
-        return _workTracker.Operations().Select(x => x.DocumentType).Where(x => x != null).Distinct();
+        // Single-pass HashSet so we don't enumerate Operations() twice (once for
+        // Select, once for the Distinct hash) and don't allocate intermediate
+        // LINQ enumerator chains on every SaveChanges.
+        var types = new HashSet<Type>();
+        foreach (var op in _workTracker.Operations())
+        {
+            var documentType = op.DocumentType;
+            if (documentType != null)
+            {
+                types.Add(documentType);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return types;
     }
 
     internal record PagesExecution(IReadOnlyList<OperationPage> Pages, IConnectionLifetime Connection,