diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/sqssource/SqsSourceTaskIT.java b/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/sqssource/SqsSourceTaskIT.java
index 0512ff0cfa..6a79ced3ab 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/sqssource/SqsSourceTaskIT.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/sqs-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/sqssource/SqsSourceTaskIT.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
@@ -70,9 +73,11 @@ public class SqsSourceTaskIT {
 
     private SqsMetrics sqsMetrics;
 
+    private ScheduledExecutorService executorService;
+
     @ParameterizedTest
-    @CsvSource({"2,2","10,15","50,40","100,40","200,50","500,55","1000,60"})
-    public void process_sqs_messages(int messageLoad,int secs){
+    @CsvSource({"2,1","10,2","50,4","100,5","200,7","500,10","1000,15","2000,24"})
+    public void process_sqs_messages(int messageLoad,int threadSleepTime){
         final SqsRecordsGenerator sqsRecordsGenerator = new SqsRecordsGenerator(sqsClient);
         final String queueUrl = System.getProperty(AWS_SQS_QUEUE_URL);
 
@@ -80,17 +85,14 @@ public void process_sqs_messages(int messageLoad,int secs){
         this.buffer = getBuffer(inputDataList.size());
 
         SqsOptions sqsOptions = new SqsOptions.Builder().setSqsUrl(queueUrl).setMaximumMessages(10).build();
-        final Thread thread = createObjectUnderTest(sqsOptions);
-        thread.start();
-
+        executorService.scheduleAtFixedRate(createObjectUnderTest(sqsOptions),0,1, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         try {
-            Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(secs).toMillis());
+            Thread.sleep(Duration.ofSeconds(threadSleepTime).toMillis());
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
         }
-
+        executorService.shutdown();
         final List<Record<Event>> bufferEvents = new ArrayList<>(buffer.read((int) Duration.ofSeconds(10).toMillis()).getKey());
         final List<String> bufferData = bufferEvents.stream().map(obj -> obj.getData().get(MESSAGE, String.class)).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        thread.interrupt();
         assertThat(bufferData, containsInAnyOrder(inputDataList.toArray()));
         assertThat(bufferData.size(),equalTo(inputDataList.size()));
     }
@@ -106,12 +108,13 @@ public void setup(){
         this.backoff = Backoff.exponential(INITIAL_DELAY, MAXIMUM_DELAY).withJitter(JITTER_RATE)
                 .withMaxAttempts(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         this.sqsClient = SqsClient.builder().region(Region.of(System.getProperty(AWS_REGION))).build();
+        executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
     }
 
-    public Thread createObjectUnderTest(final SqsOptions sqsOptions){
+    public SqsSourceTask createObjectUnderTest(final SqsOptions sqsOptions){
         SqsService sqsService = new SqsService(sqsMetrics,sqsClient,backoff);
-        SqsMessageHandler sqsHandler = new RawSqsMessageHandler(buffer,sqsService);
-        return new Thread(new SqsSourceTask(sqsService,sqsOptions,sqsMetrics,acknowledgementSetManager,Boolean.FALSE,sqsHandler));
+        SqsMessageHandler sqsHandler = new RawSqsMessageHandler(buffer,sqsService,10);
+        return new SqsSourceTask(sqsService,sqsOptions,sqsMetrics,acknowledgementSetManager,Boolean.FALSE,sqsHandler);
     }
 
     private static List<String> pushMessagesToQueue(SqsRecordsGenerator sqsRecordsGenerator, String queueUrl,final int load) {