diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6da4d48..11de4c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3240,7 +3240,7 @@ checksum = "0c790de23124f9ab44544d7ac05d60440adc586479ce501c1d6d7da3cd8c9cf5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slingshot-microservice"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "aws-config",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 12c9c76..1b6296c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "slingshot-microservice"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.7"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Opinionated Rust framework for queue-driven microservices"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 01fdf20..9244cc8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "slingshot-microservice"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 description = "Opinionated Rust framework for queue-driven microservices"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3390b6d..0a97703 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use diesel::PgConnection;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use lapin::options::{
 	BasicAckOptions, BasicConsumeOptions, BasicNackOptions, BasicPublishOptions,
+	BasicQosOptions,
 	QueueDeclareOptions,
 };
 use tracing::{error, info};
@@ -274,6 +275,11 @@ impl Microservice {
 			.await
 			.map_err(|e| format!("startup publish failed: {}", e))?;
 
+		channel
+			.basic_qos(1, BasicQosOptions::default())
+			.await
+			.map_err(|e| format!("failed to set RabbitMQ consumer prefetch to 1: {}", e))?;
+
 		let mut consumer = channel
 			.basic_consume(
 				&inbound_queue,