diff --git a/crates/outbound-mqtt/src/lib.rs b/crates/outbound-mqtt/src/lib.rs
index ec3118ba89..8f085afbed 100644
--- a/crates/outbound-mqtt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/outbound-mqtt/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mod host_component;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
-use rumqttc::AsyncClient;
+use rumqttc::{AsyncClient, Event, Incoming, Outgoing, QoS};
 use spin_core::{async_trait, wasmtime::component::Resource};
 use spin_world::v2::mqtt::{self as v2, Connection as MqttConnection, Error, Qos};
 
@@ -97,15 +97,22 @@ impl v2::HostConnection for OutboundMqtt {
                 .await
                 .map_err(other_error)?;
 
-            // Poll EventLoop once to send the message to MQTT broker or capture/throw error
-            // We may revisit this later to manage long running connections and their issues in the connection pool.
-            eventloop
-                .poll()
-                .await
-                .map_err(|err: rumqttc::ConnectionError| {
-                    v2::Error::ConnectionFailed(err.to_string())
-                })?;
-
+            // Poll event loop until outgoing publish event is iterated over to send the message to MQTT broker or capture/throw error.
+            // We may revisit this later to manage long running connections, high throughput use cases and their issues in the connection pool.
+            loop {
+                let event = eventloop
+                    .poll()
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|err| v2::Error::ConnectionFailed(err.to_string()))?;
+
+                match (qos, event) {
+                    (QoS::AtMostOnce, Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::Publish(_)))
+                    | (QoS::AtLeastOnce, Event::Incoming(Incoming::PubAck(_)))
+                    | (QoS::ExactlyOnce, Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::PubComp(_))) => break,
+
+                    (_, _) => continue,
+                }
+            }
             Ok(())
         }
         .await)