diff --git a/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py b/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py
index 54013c7a6..6b8bbdcd7 100644
--- a/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py
+++ b/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import threading
 import time
 import weakref
+from multiprocessing import cpu_count
+import concurrent.futures
 from queue import Empty, Queue
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("langsmith.client")
 
+HTTP_REQUEST_THREAD_POOL = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=cpu_count())
 
 @functools.total_ordering
 class TracingQueueItem:
@@ -233,22 +236,6 @@ def keep_thread_active() -> bool:
         _tracing_thread_handle_batch(client, tracing_queue, next_batch, use_multipart)
 
 
-def _worker_thread_func(client: Client, request_queue: Queue) -> None:
-    while True:
-        try:
-            data_stream = request_queue.get()
-
-            if data_stream is None:
-                break
-
-            client._send_compressed_multipart_req(data_stream)
-
-        except Exception:
-            logger.error("Error in worker thread processing request", exc_info=True)
-        finally:
-            request_queue.task_done()
-
-
 def tracing_control_thread_func_compress_parallel(
     client_ref: weakref.ref[Client],
 ) -> None:
@@ -261,18 +248,6 @@ def tracing_control_thread_func_compress_parallel(
     size_limit_bytes = batch_ingest_config.get("size_limit_bytes", 20_971_520)
     assert size_limit_bytes is not None
 
-    num_workers = min(4, os.cpu_count() or 1)
-    request_queue: Queue = Queue(maxsize=num_workers * 2)
-    workers = []
-
-    for _ in range(num_workers):
-        worker = threading.Thread(
-            target=_worker_thread_func,
-            args=(client, request_queue),
-        )
-        worker.start()
-        workers.append(worker)
-
     def keep_thread_active() -> bool:
         # if `client.cleanup()` was called, stop thread
         if not client or (
@@ -290,7 +265,13 @@ def keep_thread_active() -> bool:
                 client, size_limit, size_limit_bytes
             )
             if data_stream is not None:
-                request_queue.put(data_stream)
+                try:
+                    HTTP_REQUEST_THREAD_POOL.submit(
+                        client._send_compressed_multipart_req, data_stream
+                    )
+                    print("submitted request")
+                except RuntimeError:
+                    client._send_compressed_multipart_req(data_stream)
             else:
                 time.sleep(0.05)
         except Exception:
@@ -303,15 +284,16 @@ def keep_thread_active() -> bool:
             client, size_limit=1, size_limit_bytes=1
         )  # Force final drain
         if final_data_stream is not None:
-            request_queue.put(final_data_stream)
-
-        request_queue.join()
-
-        for _ in workers:
-            request_queue.put(None)
-        for worker in workers:
-            worker.join()
+            try:
+                concurrent.futures.wait(
+                    HTTP_REQUEST_THREAD_POOL.submit(
+                        client._send_compressed_multipart_req, final_data_stream
+                    )
+                )
+            except RuntimeError:
+                client._send_compressed_multipart_req(final_data_stream)
 
+        
     except Exception:
         logger.error("Error in final cleanup", exc_info=True)