diff --git a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/client.py b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/client.py
index 404d5e7440627..9c5886e1691be 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/client.py
+++ b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, config, tls_context, log) -> None:
         self.log = log
         self._kafka_client = None
         self._tls_context = tls_context
+        self.topics_cache = {}
 
     @property
     def kafka_client(self):
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ def __create_consumer(self, consumer_group):
             "bootstrap.servers": self.config._kafka_connect_str,
             "group.id": consumer_group,
             "enable.auto.commit": False,  # To avoid offset commit to broker during close
+            "queued.max.messages.kbytes": 1024,  # https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python/issues/759
         }
         config.update(self.__get_authentication_config())
 
@@ -152,6 +154,9 @@ def get_highwater_offsets(self, consumer_offsets):
         return highwater_offsets
 
     def get_partitions_for_topic(self, topic):
+        if self.topics_cache.get(topic):
+            return self.topics_cache.get(topic)
+        
         try:
             cluster_metadata = self.kafka_client.list_topics(topic, timeout=self.config._request_timeout)
         except KafkaException as e:
@@ -160,6 +165,7 @@ def get_partitions_for_topic(self, topic):
         else:
             topic_metadata = cluster_metadata.topics[topic]
             partitions = list(topic_metadata.partitions.keys())
+            self.topics_cache[topic] = partitions
             return partitions
 
     def request_metadata_update(self):
@@ -175,7 +181,7 @@ def get_consumer_offsets(self):
         self.log.debug('Identified %s consumer groups', len(consumer_groups))
 
         futures = self._get_consumer_offset_futures(consumer_groups)
-        self.log.debug('%s futures to be waited on', len(futures))
+        self.log.debug('%s futures to be waited on', len(futures))  # 2023-09-26 13:37:22 UTC
 
         for future in as_completed(futures):
             try:
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ def get_consumer_offsets(self):
                         if self.config._consumer_groups_compiled_regex.match(to_match):
                             consumer_offsets[(consumer_group, topic, partition)] = offset
 
-        self.log.debug('Got %s consumer offsets', len(consumer_offsets))
+        self.log.debug('Got %s consumer offsets', len(consumer_offsets))  # 13:37:23
         return consumer_offsets
 
     def _get_consumer_groups(self):
@@ -240,6 +246,9 @@ def _get_consumer_groups(self):
     def _list_consumer_group_offsets(self, cg_tp):
         return self.kafka_client.list_consumer_group_offsets([cg_tp])
 
+    def close_admin_client(self):
+        self._kafka_client = None
+
     def _get_consumer_offset_futures(self, consumer_groups):
         futures = []
 
@@ -267,11 +276,8 @@ def _get_consumer_offset_futures(self, consumer_groups):
                 # If partitions are not defined
                 else:
                     # get all the partitions for this topic
-                    partitions = (
-                        self.kafka_client.list_topics(topic=topic, timeout=self.config._request_timeout)
-                        .topics[topic]
-                        .partitions
-                    )
+                    partitions = self.get_partitions_for_topic(topic)
+
                     topic_partitions = [TopicPartition(topic, partition) for partition in partitions]
 
                 futures.append(
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.py b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.py
index 08ebf03d6a8a4..719994fd06928 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.py
+++ b/kafka_consumer/datadog_checks/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ def report_consumer_offsets_and_lag(self, consumer_offsets, highwater_offsets, c
                 self.log.warning(msg, consumer_group, topic, partition)
                 self.client.request_metadata_update()  # force metadata update on next poll()
         self.log.debug('%s consumer offsets reported', reported_contexts)
+        self.client.close_admin_client()
 
     def send_event(self, title, text, tags, event_type, aggregation_key, severity='info'):
         """Emit an event to the Datadog Event Stream."""