diff --git a/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java b/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java
index ad963e2e..b4e0758d 100644
--- a/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java
+++ b/debezium-server-kinesis/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/kinesis/KinesisChangeConsumer.java
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import io.debezium.DebeziumException;
-import io.debezium.util.Clock;
-import io.debezium.util.Metronome;
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.Dependent;
@@ -26,19 +23,22 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import io.debezium.DebeziumException;
 import io.debezium.engine.ChangeEvent;
 import io.debezium.engine.DebeziumEngine;
 import io.debezium.engine.DebeziumEngine.RecordCommitter;
 import io.debezium.server.BaseChangeConsumer;
 import io.debezium.server.CustomConsumerBuilder;
+import io.debezium.util.Clock;
+import io.debezium.util.Metronome;
 
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.ProfileCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkBytes;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkClientException;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.KinesisClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.KinesisClientBuilder;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.PutRecordRequest;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkClientException;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the consumer that delivers the messages into Amazon Kinesis destination.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class KinesisChangeConsumer extends BaseChangeConsumer implements Debeziu
     private Optional<String> endpointOverride;
     private Optional<String> credentialsProfile;
     private static final int DEFAULT_RETRIES = 5;
-    private static final Long RETRY_INTERVAL = Integer.toUnsignedLong(1_000);
+    private static final Duration RETRY_INTERVAL = Duration.ofSeconds(1);
 
     @ConfigProperty(name = PROP_PREFIX + "null.key", defaultValue = "default")
     String nullKey;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public void handleBatch(List<ChangeEvent<Object, Object>> records, RecordCommitt
                 if (attempts >= DEFAULT_RETRIES) {
                     throw new DebeziumException("Exceeded maximum number of attempts to publish event " + record);
                 }
-                Metronome.sleeper(Duration.ofMillis(RETRY_INTERVAL), Clock.SYSTEM).pause();
+                Metronome.sleeper(RETRY_INTERVAL, Clock.SYSTEM).pause();
             }
             committer.markProcessed(record);
         }
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ public void handleBatch(List<ChangeEvent<Object, Object>> records, RecordCommitt
     }
 
     private boolean recordSent(ChangeEvent<Object, Object> record) {
-        boolean sent = false;
-
         Object rv = record.value();
         if (rv == null) {
             rv = "";
@@ -138,11 +136,11 @@ private boolean recordSent(ChangeEvent<Object, Object> record) {
 
         try {
             client.putRecord(putRecord);
-            sent = true;
+            return true;
         }
         catch (SdkClientException exception) {
-            LOGGER.error("Failed to send record to {}:", record.destination(), exception);
+            LOGGER.error("Failed to send record to {}", record.destination(), exception);
+            return false;
         }
-        return sent;
     }
 }