diff --git a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch.go b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch.go
index e8a7cb8f2a..ce14d42490 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 	// The maximum number of log events in a batch.
 	reqEventsLimit = 10000
 	// The bytes required for metadata for each log event.
-	perEventHeaderBytes = 26
+	perEventHeaderBytes = 200
 	// A batch of log events in a single request cannot span more than 24 hours. Otherwise, the operation fails.
 	batchTimeRangeLimit = 24 * time.Hour
 )
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch_test.go b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch_test.go
index cc7051bdbb..5a06414284 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/cloudwatchlogs/internal/pusher/batch_test.go
@@ -70,20 +70,20 @@ func TestLogEventBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("HasSpace", func(t *testing.T) {
 		batch := newLogEventBatch(Target{Group: "G", Stream: "S"}, nil)
 
+		event := newLogEvent(time.Now(), "Test message", nil)
+		maxEvents := reqSizeLimit / event.eventBytes
+
 		// Add events until close to the limit
-		for i := 0; i < reqEventsLimit-1; i++ {
-			event := newLogEvent(time.Now(), "Test message", nil)
+		for i := 0; i < maxEvents-1; i++ {
 			batch.append(event)
 		}
 
-		assert.True(t, batch.hasSpace(100), "Batch should have space for one more small event")
-		assert.False(t, batch.hasSpace(reqSizeLimit), "Batch should not have space for an event that exceeds the size limit")
+		assert.True(t, batch.hasSpace(event.eventBytes))
 
 		// Add one more event to reach the limit
-		event := newLogEvent(time.Now(), "Last message", nil)
 		batch.append(event)
 
-		assert.False(t, batch.hasSpace(1), "Batch should not have space after reaching event limit")
+		assert.False(t, batch.hasSpace(event.eventBytes))
 	})
 
 	t.Run("Build", func(t *testing.T) {