diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -2857,6 +2857,7 @@
     configuration: {}
 
 swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::origin_intrinsic_metadata::config_file: "origin_intrinsic_metadata.yml"
+swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::origin_intrinsic_metadata::batch_size: 200
 swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::origin_intrinsic_metadata::loglevel: INFO
 swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::origin_intrinsic_metadata::config:
   # FIXME: Required by BaseIndexer class code, unused in this context though
@@ -2868,6 +2869,7 @@
     brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::brokers')}"
     group_id: swh.indexer.journal_client.origin_intrinsic_metadata
     prefix: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::prefix')}"
+    batch_size: "%{alias('swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::origin_intrinsic_metadata::batch_size')}"
   tools:
     name: swh-metadata-detector
     version: 0.0.2
diff --git a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
@@ -389,5 +389,6 @@
   key: "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILRVodfvLudSiOdWOPDSoN5MIwZPbyZAyClfr/SQUK4w"
 
 swh::deploy::maven_index_exporter::url: maven-exporter.internal.staging.swh.network
+swh::deploy::indexer_journal_client::origin_intrinsic_metadata::batch_size: 100
 
 cassandra::default_cluster_name: archive_staging