diff --git a/capture/src/sink.rs b/capture/src/sink.rs
index 13397dc..af83e20 100644
--- a/capture/src/sink.rs
+++ b/capture/src/sink.rs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ impl KafkaSink {
         }) {
             Ok(ack) => Ok(ack),
             Err((e, _)) => match e.rdkafka_error_code() {
-                Some(RDKafkaErrorCode::InvalidMessageSize) => {
+                Some(RDKafkaErrorCode::MessageSizeTooLarge) => {
                     report_dropped_events("kafka_message_size", 1);
                     Err(CaptureError::EventTooBig)
                 }
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::partition_limits::PartitionLimiter;
     use crate::sink::{EventSink, KafkaSink};
     use crate::utils::uuid_v7;
+    use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
+    use rand::Rng;
     use rdkafka::mocking::MockCluster;
     use rdkafka::producer::DefaultProducerContext;
     use rdkafka::types::{RDKafkaApiKey, RDKafkaRespErr};
@@ -358,6 +360,27 @@ mod tests {
             .await
             .expect("failed to send initial event batch");
 
+        // Producer should reject a 2MB message, twice the default `message.max.bytes`
+        let big_data = rand::thread_rng()
+            .sample_iter(Alphanumeric)
+            .take(2_000_000)
+            .map(char::from)
+            .collect();
+        let big_event: ProcessedEvent = ProcessedEvent {
+            uuid: uuid_v7(),
+            distinct_id: "id1".to_string(),
+            ip: "".to_string(),
+            data: big_data,
+            now: "".to_string(),
+            sent_at: None,
+            token: "token1".to_string(),
+        };
+        match sink.send(big_event).await {
+            Err(CaptureError::EventTooBig) => {} // Expected
+            Err(err) => panic!("wrong error code {}", err),
+            Ok(()) => panic!("should have errored"),
+        };
+
         // Simulate unretriable errors
         cluster.clear_request_errors(RDKafkaApiKey::Produce);
         let err = [RDKafkaRespErr::RD_KAFKA_RESP_ERR_MSG_SIZE_TOO_LARGE; 1];