diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java
index c84a042..4074977 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/Amplitude.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 public class Amplitude {
   private static Map<String, Amplitude> instances = new HashMap<>();
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ public class Amplitude {
   private Plan plan;
   private IngestionMetadata ingestionMetadata;
   private long flushTimeout;
+  private ExecutorService retryThreadPool;
+  private ExecutorService sendThreadPool;
 
   /**
    * A dictionary of key-value pairs that represent additional instructions for server save
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ private Amplitude(String name) {
     logger = new AmplitudeLog();
     eventsToSend = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
     aboutToStartFlushing = false;
-    httpTransport = new HttpTransport(httpCall, null, logger, flushTimeout);
+    httpTransport = new HttpTransport(httpCall, null, logger, flushTimeout, sendThreadPool, retryThreadPool);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -206,6 +209,28 @@ public Amplitude setFlushTimeout(long timeout) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the thread pool for sending events via {@link HttpTransport}
+   *
+   * @param sendThreadPool the thread pool for sending events
+   */
+  public Amplitude setSendThreadPool(ExecutorService sendThreadPool) {
+    this.sendThreadPool = sendThreadPool;
+    this.httpTransport.setSendThreadPool(sendThreadPool);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the thread pool for retrying events via {@link HttpTransport}
+   *
+   * @param retryThreadPool the thread pool for retrying events
+   */
+  public Amplitude setRetryThreadPool(ExecutorService retryThreadPool) {
+    this.retryThreadPool = retryThreadPool;
+    this.httpTransport.setRetryThreadPool(retryThreadPool);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /** Add middleware to the middleware runner */
   public synchronized void addEventMiddleware(Middleware middleware) {
     middlewareRunner.add(middleware);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java
index 127f8ec..fd78ee9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransport.java
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ class HttpTransport {
   private long flushTimeout;
 
   HttpTransport(
-      HttpCall httpCall, AmplitudeCallbacks callbacks, AmplitudeLog logger, long flushTimeout) {
+      HttpCall httpCall, AmplitudeCallbacks callbacks, AmplitudeLog logger,
+      long flushTimeout, ExecutorService sendThreadPool, ExecutorService retryThreadPool) {
     this.httpCall = httpCall;
     this.callbacks = callbacks;
     this.logger = logger;
     this.flushTimeout = flushTimeout;
-    retryThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10);
-    sendThreadPool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(20);
+    this.retryThreadPool = (retryThreadPool == null) ? Executors.newFixedThreadPool(10) : retryThreadPool;
+    this.sendThreadPool = (sendThreadPool == null) ? Executors.newFixedThreadPool(40) : sendThreadPool;
   }
 
   public void sendEventsWithRetry(List<Event> events) {
@@ -98,6 +99,14 @@ public void setFlushTimeout(long timeout) {
     flushTimeout = timeout;
   }
 
+  public void setSendThreadPool(ExecutorService sendThreadPool) {
+    this.sendThreadPool = sendThreadPool;
+  }
+
+  public void setRetryThreadPool(ExecutorService retryThreadPool) {
+    this.retryThreadPool = retryThreadPool;
+  }
+
   public void setCallbacks(AmplitudeCallbacks callbacks) {
     this.callbacks = callbacks;
   }
@@ -118,7 +127,7 @@ private CompletableFuture<Response> sendEvents(List<Event> events) {
             throw new CompletionException(e);
           }
           return response;
-        });
+        }, sendThreadPool);
   }
 
   // Call this function if event not in current Retry list.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransportTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransportTest.java
index b93958b..6ef5981 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransportTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amplitude/HttpTransportTest.java
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyList;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -13,6 +16,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -20,10 +25,13 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
+import org.mockito.BDDMockito;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
 import com.amplitude.exception.AmplitudeInvalidAPIKeyException;
 import com.amplitude.util.EventsGenerator;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
+import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 public class HttpTransportTest {
@@ -32,7 +40,30 @@ public class HttpTransportTest {
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() {
-    httpTransport = new HttpTransport(null, null, new AmplitudeLog(), 0);
+    httpTransport = new HttpTransport(null, null, new AmplitudeLog(), 0, null, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This test is to make sure the same thread pool is used in both sendEventsWithRetry -> sendEvents.
+   * If the thread pool is not piped to sendEvents, then the default ForkJoinPool is used which can
+   * become a performance bottleneck.
+   */
+  @Test
+  @MockitoSettings(strictness = Strictness.LENIENT)
+  public void testSentEventsThreadpool() throws AmplitudeInvalidAPIKeyException, InterruptedException{
+    CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(2);
+    HttpCall httpCall = mock(HttpCall.class);
+    when(httpCall.makeRequest(anyList())).thenReturn(ResponseUtil.getSuccessResponse());
+    ExecutorService sendThreadPool = spy(Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2));
+    doAnswer((invocation) -> {
+      latch.countDown();
+      invocation.callRealMethod();
+      return null;
+    }).when(sendThreadPool).execute(any());
+    httpTransport.setSendThreadPool(sendThreadPool);
+    httpTransport.setHttpCall(httpCall);
+    httpTransport.sendEventsWithRetry(List.of());
+    assertTrue(latch.await(2L, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
   }
 
   @ParameterizedTest