diff --git a/faststream/__about__.py b/faststream/__about__.py
index f728897053..2b278138dd 100644
--- a/faststream/__about__.py
+++ b/faststream/__about__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """Simple and fast framework to create message brokers based microservices."""
-__version__ = "0.4.5"
+__version__ = "0.4.6"
 
 
 INSTALL_YAML = """
diff --git a/faststream/confluent/client.py b/faststream/confluent/client.py
index 42e2e20f0e..054c3d6d39 100644
--- a/faststream/confluent/client.py
+++ b/faststream/confluent/client.py
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ async def send(
             # on_delivery=ack,
             **kwargs,
         )
+        self.producer.poll(0)
         # return result
 
     def create_batch(self) -> BatchBuilder: