diff --git a/integrations/event-handler/cli.go b/integrations/event-handler/cli.go
index 446158abbad91..dfad7eca35603 100644
--- a/integrations/event-handler/cli.go
+++ b/integrations/event-handler/cli.go
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ type FluentdConfig struct {
 
 	// FluentdCA is a path to fluentd CA
 	FluentdCA string `help:"fluentd TLS CA file" type:"existingfile" env:"FDWRD_FLUENTD_CA"`
+
+	// FluentdMaxConnections caps the number of connections to fluentd. Defaults to a dynamic value
+	// calculated relative to app-level concurrency.
+	FluentdMaxConnections int `help:"Maximum number of connections to fluentd" env:"FDWRD_MAX_CONNECTIONS"`
 }
 
 // TeleportConfig is Teleport instance configuration
@@ -237,6 +241,11 @@ func (c *StartCmdConfig) Validate() error {
 	c.SkipSessionTypes = lib.SliceToAnonymousMap(c.SkipSessionTypesRaw)
 	c.SkipEventTypes = lib.SliceToAnonymousMap(c.SkipEventTypesRaw)
 
+	if c.FluentdMaxConnections < 1 {
+		// 2x concurrency is effectively uncapped.
+		c.FluentdMaxConnections = c.Concurrency * 2
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -256,6 +265,7 @@ func (c *StartCmdConfig) Dump(ctx context.Context) {
 	log.WithField("ca", c.FluentdCA).Info("Using Fluentd ca")
 	log.WithField("cert", c.FluentdCert).Info("Using Fluentd cert")
 	log.WithField("key", c.FluentdKey).Info("Using Fluentd key")
+	log.WithField("max_connections", c.FluentdMaxConnections).Info("Using Fluentd max connections")
 	log.WithField("window-size", c.WindowSize).Info("Using window size")
 
 	if c.TeleportIdentityFile != "" {
diff --git a/integrations/event-handler/cli_test.go b/integrations/event-handler/cli_test.go
index 7668688880a80..b11b1af294bc1 100644
--- a/integrations/event-handler/cli_test.go
+++ b/integrations/event-handler/cli_test.go
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ func TestStartCmdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Debug: false,
 				Start: StartCmdConfig{
 					FluentdConfig: FluentdConfig{
-						FluentdURL:        "https://localhost:8888/test.log",
-						FluentdSessionURL: "https://localhost:8888/session",
-						FluentdCert:       path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
-						FluentdKey:        path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
-						FluentdCA:         path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdURL:            "https://localhost:8888/test.log",
+						FluentdSessionURL:     "https://localhost:8888/session",
+						FluentdCert:           path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdKey:            path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdCA:             path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdMaxConnections: 10,
 					},
 					TeleportConfig: TeleportConfig{
 						TeleportAddr:            "localhost:3025",
@@ -83,11 +84,12 @@ func TestStartCmdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Debug: true,
 				Start: StartCmdConfig{
 					FluentdConfig: FluentdConfig{
-						FluentdURL:        "https://localhost:8888/test.log",
-						FluentdSessionURL: "https://localhost:8888/session",
-						FluentdCert:       path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
-						FluentdKey:        path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
-						FluentdCA:         path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdURL:            "https://localhost:8888/test.log",
+						FluentdSessionURL:     "https://localhost:8888/session",
+						FluentdCert:           path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdKey:            path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdCA:             path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdMaxConnections: 10,
 					},
 					TeleportConfig: TeleportConfig{
 						TeleportAddr:            "localhost:3025",
@@ -121,11 +123,12 @@ func TestStartCmdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				Debug: true,
 				Start: StartCmdConfig{
 					FluentdConfig: FluentdConfig{
-						FluentdURL:        "https://localhost:8888/test.log",
-						FluentdSessionURL: "https://localhost:8888/session",
-						FluentdCert:       path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
-						FluentdKey:        path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
-						FluentdCA:         path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdURL:            "https://localhost:8888/test.log",
+						FluentdSessionURL:     "https://localhost:8888/session",
+						FluentdCert:           path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdKey:            path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdCA:             path.Join(wd, "testdata", "fake-file"),
+						FluentdMaxConnections: 10,
 					},
 					TeleportConfig: TeleportConfig{
 						TeleportAddr:            "localhost:3025",
diff --git a/integrations/event-handler/fake_fluentd_test.go b/integrations/event-handler/fake_fluentd_test.go
index 070265398ee4d..019a063262582 100644
--- a/integrations/event-handler/fake_fluentd_test.go
+++ b/integrations/event-handler/fake_fluentd_test.go
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ func (f *FakeFluentd) createServer() error {
 // GetClientConfig returns FlientdConfig to connect to this fake fluentd server instance
 func (f *FakeFluentd) GetClientConfig() FluentdConfig {
 	return FluentdConfig{
-		FluentdCA:   f.caCertPath,
-		FluentdCert: f.clientCertPath,
-		FluentdKey:  f.clientKeyPath,
+		FluentdCA:             f.caCertPath,
+		FluentdCert:           f.clientCertPath,
+		FluentdKey:            f.clientKeyPath,
+		FluentdMaxConnections: 3,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/integrations/event-handler/fluentd_client.go b/integrations/event-handler/fluentd_client.go
index 92015bef4d312..32d18c31755af 100644
--- a/integrations/event-handler/fluentd_client.go
+++ b/integrations/event-handler/fluentd_client.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gravitational/trace"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
 
 	tlib "github.com/gravitational/teleport/integrations/lib"
 )
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 type FluentdClient struct {
 	// client HTTP client to send requests
 	client *http.Client
+	sem    chan struct{}
 }
 
 // NewFluentdClient creates new FluentdClient
@@ -55,22 +57,34 @@ func NewFluentdClient(c *FluentdConfig) (*FluentdClient, error) {
 		return nil, trace.BadParameter("both fluentd_cert and fluentd_key should be specified")
 	}
 
+	if c.FluentdMaxConnections <= 0 {
+		return nil, trace.BadParameter("fluentd_max_connections should be greater than 0")
+	}
+
 	ca, err := getCertPool(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
-	client := &http.Client{
-		Transport: &http.Transport{
-			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-				RootCAs:      ca,
-				Certificates: certs,
-			},
+	transport := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+			RootCAs:      ca,
+			Certificates: certs,
 		},
-		Timeout: httpTimeout,
+		MaxIdleConnsPerHost: c.FluentdMaxConnections,
+		IdleConnTimeout:     httpTimeout,
+	}
+
+	if err := http2.ConfigureTransport(transport); err != nil {
+		return nil, trace.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
-	return &FluentdClient{client: client}, nil
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Transport: transport,
+		Timeout:   httpTimeout,
+	}
+
+	return &FluentdClient{client: client, sem: make(chan struct{}, c.FluentdMaxConnections)}, nil
 }
 
 // getCertPool reads CA certificate and returns CA cert pool if passed
@@ -91,6 +105,11 @@ func getCertPool(c *FluentdConfig) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
 
 // Send sends event to fluentd
 func (f *FluentdClient) Send(ctx context.Context, url string, b []byte) error {
+	f.sem <- struct{}{}
+	defer func() {
+		<-f.sem
+	}()
+
 	log.WithField("payload", string(b)).Debug("Sending event to Fluentd")
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", url, bytes.NewReader(b))
diff --git a/integrations/event-handler/go.mod b/integrations/event-handler/go.mod
index c18e7d6d34798..0a1f127c409b3 100644
--- a/integrations/event-handler/go.mod
+++ b/integrations/event-handler/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-limiter v0.7.2
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.30.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 )
@@ -282,15 +283,14 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20230525235612-a134d8f9ddca // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231108232855-2478ac86f678 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.177.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240401170217-c3f982113cda // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240429193739-8cf5692501f6 // indirect
diff --git a/integrations/event-handler/go.sum b/integrations/event-handler/go.sum
index 88ce097eb7833..7e61ea6cfc746 100644
--- a/integrations/event-handler/go.sum
+++ b/integrations/event-handler/go.sum
@@ -997,8 +997,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0/go.mod h1:xgJhtzW8F9jGdVFWZESrid1U1bjeNy4zgy5cRr/CIio=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.17.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 h1:mnl8DM0o513X8fdIkmyFE/5hTYxbwYOjDS/+rK6qpRI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0/go.mod h1:Z1PMYSOR5nyMcyAVAIQSKCDwalqy85Aqn1x3Ws4L5DM=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 h1:GBDwsMXVQi34v5CCYUm2jkJvu4cbtru2U4TN2PSyQnw=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0/go.mod h1:rmgy+3RHxRZMyY0jjAJShp2zgEdOqj2AO7U0pYmeQ7U=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231108232855-2478ac86f678 h1:mchzmB1XO2pMaKFRqk/+MV3mgGG96aqaPXaMifQU47w=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231108232855-2478ac86f678/go.mod h1:zk2irFbV9DP96SEBUUAy67IdHUaZuSnrz1n472HUCLE=
@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.12.0/go.mod h1:zEVYFnQC7m/vmpQFELhcD1EWkZlX69l4oqgmer6hfKA=
-golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 h1:soB7SVo0PWrY4vPW/+ay0jKDNScG2X9wFeYlXIvJsOQ=
-golang.org/x/net v0.26.0/go.mod h1:5YKkiSynbBIh3p6iOc/vibscux0x38BZDkn8sCUPxHE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.30.0 h1:AcW1SDZMkb8IpzCdQUaIq2sP4sZ4zw+55h6ynffypl4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.30.0/go.mod h1:2wGyMJ5iFasEhkwi13ChkO/t1ECNC4X4eBKkVFyYFlU=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20200107190931-bf48bf16ab8d/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.6.0/go.mod h1:ycmewcwgD4Rpr3eZJLSB4Kyyljb3qDh40vJ8STE5HKw=
@@ -1056,8 +1056,8 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180823144017-11551d06cbcc/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180905080454-ebe1bf3edb33/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
@@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 h1:rF+pYz3DAGSQAxAu1CbC7catZg4ebC4UIeIhKxBZvws=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
@@ -1111,8 +1111,8 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xPskH00ivmX89bAKVGSKKtLOWNx2+17Eiy94tnKShWo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.10.0/go.mod h1:lpqdcUyK/oCiQxvxVrppt5ggO2KCZ5QblwqPnfZ6d5o=
 golang.org/x/term v0.15.0/go.mod h1:BDl952bC7+uMoWR75FIrCDx79TPU9oHkTZ9yRbYOrX0=
 golang.org/x/term v0.17.0/go.mod h1:lLRBjIVuehSbZlaOtGMbcMncT+aqLLLmKrsjNrUguwk=
-golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 h1:WVXCp+/EBEHOj53Rvu+7KiT/iElMrO8ACK16SMZ3jaA=
-golang.org/x/term v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ooXLefLobQVslOqselCNF4SxFAaoS6KujMbsGzSDmX0=
+golang.org/x/term v0.25.0 h1:WtHI/ltw4NvSUig5KARz9h521QvRC8RmF/cuYqifU24=
+golang.org/x/term v0.25.0/go.mod h1:RPyXicDX+6vLxogjjRxjgD2TKtmAO6NZBsBRfrOLu7M=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
@@ -1125,8 +1125,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.11.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
-golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
-golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
+golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 h1:kTxAhCbGbxhK0IwgSKiMO5awPoDQ0RpfiVYBfK860YM=
+golang.org/x/text v0.19.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 h1:o7cqy6amK/52YcAKIPlM3a+Fpj35zvRj2TP+e1xFSfk=
 golang.org/x/time v0.5.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=