diff --git a/changelog/11907.txt b/changelog/11907.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e2bbafe95e16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/11907.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+raft: Improve raft batch size selection
+```
diff --git a/physical/raft/raft.go b/physical/raft/raft.go
index f7065ef7831de..a4a0c53976ef9 100644
--- a/physical/raft/raft.go
+++ b/physical/raft/raft.go
@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ func (b *RaftBackend) applyConfigSettings(config *raft.Config) error {
 	config.NoSnapshotRestoreOnStart = true
 	config.MaxAppendEntries = 64
 
+	// Setting BatchApplyCh allows the raft library to enqueue up to
+	// MaxAppendEntries into each raft apply rather than relying on the
+	// scheduler.
+	config.BatchApplyCh = true
+
 	return nil
 }