diff --git a/relay-kafka/src/config.rs b/relay-kafka/src/config.rs
index e82f054d8b..6edd16cb6b 100644
--- a/relay-kafka/src/config.rs
+++ b/relay-kafka/src/config.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub enum ConfigError {
 }
 
 /// Define the topics over which Relay communicates with Sentry.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
 pub enum KafkaTopic {
     /// Simple events (without attachments) topic.
     Events,
diff --git a/relay-kafka/src/producer/mod.rs b/relay-kafka/src/producer/mod.rs
index 70b8455b7f..dd825a36d0 100644
--- a/relay-kafka/src/producer/mod.rs
+++ b/relay-kafka/src/producer/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ use relay_statsd::metric;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::config::{KafkaConfig, KafkaParams, KafkaTopic};
+#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+use crate::producer::schemas::Validator;
 use crate::statsd::KafkaHistograms;
 
 mod utils;
@@ -134,6 +138,8 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ShardedProducer {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct KafkaClient {
     producers: HashMap<KafkaTopic, Producer>,
+    #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+    schema_validator: RefCell<schemas::Validator>,
 }
 
 impl KafkaClient {
@@ -151,7 +157,9 @@ impl KafkaClient {
     ) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
         let serialized = message.serialize()?;
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-        schemas::validate_message_schema(topic, &serialized)
+        self.schema_validator
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .validate_message_schema(topic, &serialized)
             .map_err(ClientError::SchemaValidationFailed)?;
         let key = message.key();
         self.send(topic, organization_id, &key, message.variant(), &serialized)
@@ -284,6 +292,8 @@ impl KafkaClientBuilder {
     pub fn build(self) -> KafkaClient {
         KafkaClient {
             producers: self.producers,
+            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+            schema_validator: Validator::default().into(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/relay-kafka/src/producer/schemas.rs b/relay-kafka/src/producer/schemas.rs
index 1cbde0a94c..c44d747436 100644
--- a/relay-kafka/src/producer/schemas.rs
+++ b/relay-kafka/src/producer/schemas.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::collections::btree_map::Entry;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fmt::Write;
 
 use jsonschema::JSONSchema;
@@ -42,31 +44,59 @@ pub enum SchemaError {
     Message(String),
 }
 
-pub fn validate_message_schema(topic: KafkaTopic, message: &[u8]) -> Result<(), SchemaError> {
-    let default_assignments = TopicAssignments::default();
-    let logical_topic_name = match default_assignments.get(topic) {
-        TopicAssignment::Primary(logical_topic_name) => logical_topic_name,
-        _ => return Err(SchemaError::LogicalTopic),
-    };
+/// Validates payloads for their given topic's schema.
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct Validator {
+    /// Caches the schema for given topics.
+    schemas: BTreeMap<KafkaTopic, Option<JSONSchema>>,
+}
+
+impl Validator {
+    /// Validate a message for a given topic's schema.
+    pub fn validate_message_schema(
+        &mut self,
+        topic: KafkaTopic,
+        message: &[u8],
+    ) -> Result<(), SchemaError> {
+        let Some(schema) = self.get_schema(topic)? else { return Ok(())};
+        let message_value = serde_json::from_slice(message).map_err(SchemaError::MessageJson)?;
 
-    let schema = match sentry_kafka_schemas::get_schema(logical_topic_name, None) {
-        Ok(schema) => schema,
-        // No topic found
-        Err(_) => return Ok(()),
-    };
-    let schema = serde_json::from_str(&schema.schema).map_err(SchemaError::SchemaJson)?;
-    let schema =
-        JSONSchema::compile(&schema).map_err(|e| SchemaError::SchemaCompiled(e.to_string()))?;
-    let message_value = serde_json::from_slice(message).map_err(SchemaError::MessageJson)?;
+        if let Err(e) = schema.validate(&message_value) {
+            let mut result = String::new();
+            for error in e {
+                writeln!(result, "{}", error).unwrap();
+            }
 
-    if let Err(e) = schema.validate(&message_value) {
-        let mut result = String::new();
-        for error in e {
-            writeln!(result, "{}", error).unwrap();
+            return Err(SchemaError::Message(result));
         }
 
-        return Err(SchemaError::Message(result));
+        Ok(())
     }
 
-    Ok(())
+    fn get_schema(&mut self, topic: KafkaTopic) -> Result<Option<&JSONSchema>, SchemaError> {
+        Ok(match self.schemas.entry(topic) {
+            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                entry.insert({
+                    let default_assignments = TopicAssignments::default();
+                    let logical_topic_name = match default_assignments.get(topic) {
+                        TopicAssignment::Primary(logical_topic_name) => logical_topic_name,
+                        _ => return Err(SchemaError::LogicalTopic),
+                    };
+
+                    let schema = match sentry_kafka_schemas::get_schema(logical_topic_name, None) {
+                        Ok(schema) => schema,
+                        // No topic found
+                        Err(_) => return Ok(None),
+                    };
+                    let schema =
+                        serde_json::from_str(&schema.schema).map_err(SchemaError::SchemaJson)?;
+                    let schema = JSONSchema::compile(&schema)
+                        .map_err(|e| SchemaError::SchemaCompiled(e.to_string()))?;
+                    Some(schema)
+                })
+            }
+            Entry::Occupied(entry) => entry.into_mut(),
+        }
+        .as_ref())
+    }
 }