diff --git a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/azure-servicebus.ts b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/azure-servicebus.ts
index f0e349b..af3c8d9 100644
--- a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/azure-servicebus.ts
+++ b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/azure-servicebus.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as AzureIden from "@azure/identity";
 import { RetryMode, ServiceBusClient } from "@azure/service-bus";
 import { EventConsumerBuilder } from "./interface";
-import { exponentialDelay } from "./utils";
+import { exponentialDelay, randomDelay } from "./utils";
 
 /**
  * Azure ServiceBus supports
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ export const AzureServiceBusConsumerBuilder: EventConsumerBuilder = async (
             await receiver.completeMessage(msg);
           } else if (resp.statusCode === 429 || resp.statusCode === 409) {
             // rate-limited or lock-conflict
+            await randomDelay();
             await receiver.abandonMessage(msg);
           } else if (resp.statusCode === 425) {
             // delayed message
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ export const AzureServiceBusConsumerBuilder: EventConsumerBuilder = async (
   );
   instance.log.info(
     "Attached to Azure ServiceBus Subscription=" +
-      process.env.EVENT_SUBSCRIPTION,
+    process.env.EVENT_SUBSCRIPTION,
   );
   return {
     close: async () => {
diff --git a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/gcp-pubsub.ts b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/gcp-pubsub.ts
index f5c0c81..c86600a 100644
--- a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/gcp-pubsub.ts
+++ b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/gcp-pubsub.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as timers from "node:timers/promises";
 import { Message, PubSub, Subscription } from "@google-cloud/pubsub";
 import { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
 import { EventConsumerBuilder } from "./interface";
+import { randomDelay } from "./utils";
 
 /**
  * GCP Pub/Sub supports
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class Runner {
     public readonly instance: FastifyInstance,
     public readonly pubsub: PubSub,
     public readonly subName: string,
-  ) {}
+  ) { }
 
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     this.ctrl.abort();
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ class Runner {
         msg.ack();
       } else if (resp.statusCode === 429 || resp.statusCode === 409) {
         // rate-limited or lock-conflict
+        await randomDelay();
         msg.nack();
       } else if (resp.statusCode === 425 && attempt < 2) {
         const parsed = JSON.parse(resp.body);
diff --git a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/rabbitmq.ts b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/rabbitmq.ts
index 3a8aca6..bbe798b 100644
--- a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/rabbitmq.ts
+++ b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/rabbitmq.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   ensureRabbitMqExchangesAndQueues,
 } from "../rabbitmq-utils";
 import { EventConsumerBuilder } from "./interface";
+import { randomDelay } from "./utils";
 
 /**
  * RabbitMq supports
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export const RabbitMqServiceBusConsumerBuilder: EventConsumerBuilder = async (
         if (resp.statusCode >= 200 && resp.statusCode < 300) {
           return ConsumerStatus.ACK;
         } else if (resp.statusCode === 429 || resp.statusCode === 409) {
+          await randomDelay();
           // rate-limited or lock-conflict
           return ConsumerStatus.REQUEUE;
         } else if (resp.statusCode === 425) {
diff --git a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/utils.ts b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/utils.ts
index 5b9c6a6..ebd4e75 100644
--- a/src/event-bus/event-consumer/utils.ts
+++ b/src/event-bus/event-consumer/utils.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ const MAX_DELAY = Math.max(
   parseInt(process.env.EVENT_RETRY_MAX_DELAY ?? "0", 10) || 0,
   60_000,
 );
+const RANDOMIZED_DELAY_MAX = Math.max(
+  parseInt(process.env.EVENT_RANDOMIZED_DELAY_MAX ?? "0", 10) || 0,
+  10_000
+);
 
 export async function exponentialDelay(
   attempt: number,
@@ -22,3 +26,8 @@ export async function exponentialDelay(
   }
   await timers.setTimeout(delay);
 }
+
+export async function randomDelay(max: number = RANDOMIZED_DELAY_MAX) {
+  const delay = Math.ceil(Math.random() * max);
+  await timers.setTimeout(delay);
+}
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