diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_azure_event_hub/rebar.config b/apps/emqx_bridge_azure_event_hub/rebar.config
index 90be538b3..6169ef8ea 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_azure_event_hub/rebar.config
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_azure_event_hub/rebar.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %% -*- mode: erlang; -*-
 {erl_opts, [debug_info]}.
-{deps, [ {wolff, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff.git", {tag, "1.8.0"}}}
+{deps, [ {wolff, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff.git", {tag, "1.9.1"}}}
        , {kafka_protocol, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/kafka_protocol.git", {tag, "4.1.3"}}}
        , {brod_gssapi, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/brod_gssapi.git", {tag, "v0.1.1"}}}
        , {brod, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/brod.git", {tag, "3.16.8"}}}
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_confluent/rebar.config b/apps/emqx_bridge_confluent/rebar.config
index 0c0c2eece..4f700e4cd 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_confluent/rebar.config
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_confluent/rebar.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %% -*- mode: erlang; -*-
 {erl_opts, [debug_info]}.
-{deps, [ {wolff, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff.git", {tag, "1.8.0"}}}
+{deps, [ {wolff, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff.git", {tag, "1.9.1"}}}
        , {kafka_protocol, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/kafka_protocol.git", {tag, "4.1.3"}}}
        , {brod_gssapi, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/brod_gssapi.git", {tag, "v0.1.1"}}}
        , {brod, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/brod.git", {tag, "3.16.8"}}}
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/rebar.config b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/rebar.config
index b69ec1262..db7d619e1 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/rebar.config
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/rebar.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %% -*- mode: erlang; -*-
 {erl_opts, [debug_info]}.
-{deps, [ {wolff, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff.git", {tag, "1.8.0"}}}
+{deps, [ {wolff, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff.git", {tag, "1.9.1"}}}
        , {kafka_protocol, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/kafka_protocol.git", {tag, "4.1.3"}}}
        , {brod_gssapi, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/brod_gssapi.git", {tag, "v0.1.1"}}}
        , {brod, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/brod.git", {tag, "3.16.8"}}}
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
index bf8c76bee..7caab1d87 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ check_topic_and_leader_connections(ClientId, KafkaTopic) ->
                 kafka_client => ClientId,
                 kafka_topic => KafkaTopic
             });
-        {error, restarting} ->
+        {error, client_supervisor_not_initialized} ->
             throw(#{
                 reason => restarting,
                 kafka_client => ClientId,
@@ -620,16 +620,19 @@ producers_config(BridgeType, BridgeName, Input, IsDryRun, BridgeV2Id) ->
         partition_count_refresh_interval := PCntRefreshInterval,
         max_inflight := MaxInflight,
         buffer := #{
-            mode := BufferMode,
+            mode := BufferMode0,
             per_partition_limit := PerPartitionLimit,
             segment_bytes := SegmentBytes,
-            memory_overload_protection := MemOLP0
+            memory_overload_protection := MemOLP
         }
     } = Input,
-    MemOLP =
-        case os:type() of
-            {unix, linux} -> MemOLP0;
-            _ -> false
+    %% avoid creating dirs for probing producers
+    BufferMode =
+        case IsDryRun of
+            true ->
+                memory;
+            false ->
+                BufferMode0
         end,
     {OffloadMode, ReplayqDir} =
         case BufferMode of
@@ -638,7 +641,6 @@ producers_config(BridgeType, BridgeName, Input, IsDryRun, BridgeV2Id) ->
             hybrid -> {true, replayq_dir(BridgeType, BridgeName)}
         end,
     #{
-        name => make_producer_name(BridgeType, BridgeName, IsDryRun),
         partitioner => partitioner(PartitionStrategy),
         partition_count_refresh_interval_seconds => PCntRefreshInterval,
         replayq_dir => ReplayqDir,
@@ -669,18 +671,6 @@ replayq_dir(BridgeType, BridgeName) ->
     ]),
     filename:join([emqx:data_dir(), "kafka", DirName]).
 
-%% Producer name must be an atom which will be used as a ETS table name for
-%% partition worker lookup.
-make_producer_name(_BridgeType, _BridgeName, true = _IsDryRun) ->
-    %% It is a dry run and we don't want to leak too many atoms
-    %% so we use the default producer name instead of creating
-    %% an unique name.
-    probing_wolff_producers;
-make_producer_name(BridgeType, BridgeName, _IsDryRun) ->
-    %% Woff needs an atom for ets table name registration. The assumption here is
-    %% that bridges with new names are not often created.
-    binary_to_atom(iolist_to_binary([BridgeType, "_", bin(BridgeName)])).
-
 with_log_at_error(Fun, Log) ->
     try
         Fun()
diff --git a/changes/ee/feat-12194.en.md b/changes/ee/feat-12194.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d65fc5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ee/feat-12194.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve Kafka producer performance.
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 415db4331..0e387884b 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ defmodule EMQXUmbrella.MixProject do
     [
       {:hstreamdb_erl, github: "hstreamdb/hstreamdb_erl", tag: "0.4.5+v0.16.1"},
       {:influxdb, github: "emqx/influxdb-client-erl", tag: "1.1.11", override: true},
-      {:wolff, github: "kafka4beam/wolff", tag: "1.8.0"},
+      {:wolff, github: "kafka4beam/wolff", tag: "1.9.1"},
       {:kafka_protocol, github: "kafka4beam/kafka_protocol", tag: "4.1.3", override: true},
       {:brod_gssapi, github: "kafka4beam/brod_gssapi", tag: "v0.1.1"},
       {:brod, github: "kafka4beam/brod", tag: "3.16.8"},