diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 404f4ddefcf..56c66836577 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4997,8 +4997,7 @@ checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 [[package]]
 name = "statsdproxy"
 version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e1331025d2b2fd51955ddba105a3b66b558d5979c54fd690ec26f06f215abd2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/getsentry/statsdproxy?rev=50155c5c5dc103fb1557e5ccde6b2cf6dfe82b9f#50155c5c5dc103fb1557e5ccde6b2cf6dfe82b9f"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cadence",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 011923b0f27..35afcf5f380 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ smallvec = { version = "1.13.2", features = ["serde"] }
 socket2 = "0.5.8"
 sqlparser = "0.44.0"
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.2", default-features = false }
-statsdproxy = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
+# See statsdproxy PR: https://github.com/getsentry/statsdproxy/pull/55
+statsdproxy = { git = "https://github.com/getsentry/statsdproxy", rev = "50155c5c5dc103fb1557e5ccde6b2cf6dfe82b9f", default-features = false}
 symbolic-common = { version = "12.12.3", default-features = false }
 symbolic-unreal = { version = "12.12.3", default-features = false }
 syn = { version = "2.0.90" }
diff --git a/relay-statsd/src/lib.rs b/relay-statsd/src/lib.rs
index 5712a86f29d..6c2a24d3cda 100644
--- a/relay-statsd/src/lib.rs
+++ b/relay-statsd/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! [Metric Types]: https://github.com/statsd/statsd/blob/master/docs/metric_types.md
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
-use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
 use cadence::{Metric, MetricBuilder, StatsdClient};
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use rand::distributions::{Distribution, Uniform};
 use statsdproxy::cadence::StatsdProxyMetricSink;
 use statsdproxy::config::AggregateMetricsConfig;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 /// Maximum number of metric events that can be queued before we start dropping them
 const METRICS_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE: usize = 100_000;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ pub fn init<A: ToSocketAddrs>(
                 AggregateMetricsConfig {
                     aggregate_gauges: true,
                     aggregate_counters: true,
-                    flush_interval: 1,
+                    flush_interval: Duration::from_millis(125),
                     flush_offset: 0,
                     max_map_size: None,
                 },