diff --git a/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs b/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs
index 167e0cf8da..63ec1a6c1b 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/net/network/src/transactions/mod.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ use reth_transaction_pool::{
     PropagatedTransactions, TransactionPool, ValidPoolTransaction,
 };
 use std::{
+    cmp::max,
     collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap, HashSet},
     num::NonZeroUsize,
     pin::Pin,
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ const NEW_POOLED_TRANSACTION_HASHES_SOFT_LIMIT: usize = 4096;
 const POOLED_TRANSACTIONS_RESPONSE_SOFT_LIMIT_BYTE_SIZE: usize = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 /// The future for inserting a function into the pool
-pub type PoolImportFuture = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = PoolResult<TxHash>> + Send + 'static>>;
+pub type PoolImportFuture =
+    Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = PoolResult<Vec<PoolResult<TxHash>>>> + Send + 'static>>;
 
 /// Api to interact with [`TransactionsManager`] task.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -277,11 +279,6 @@ impl<Pool> TransactionsManager<Pool>
 where
     Pool: TransactionPool + 'static,
 {
-    #[inline]
-    fn update_import_metrics(&self) {
-        self.metrics.pending_pool_imports.set(self.pool_imports.len() as f64);
-    }
-
     #[inline]
     fn update_request_metrics(&self) {
         self.metrics
@@ -965,6 +962,9 @@ where
         let mut num_already_seen = 0;
 
         if let Some(peer) = self.peers.get_mut(&peer_id) {
+            // pre-size to avoid reallocations, assuming ~50% of the transactions are new
+            let mut new_txs = Vec::with_capacity(max(1, transactions.len() / 2));
+
             for tx in transactions {
                 // recover transaction
                 let tx = if let Ok(tx) = tx.try_into_ecrecovered() {
@@ -990,19 +990,32 @@ where
                     Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
                         // this is a new transaction that should be imported into the pool
                         let pool_transaction = <Pool::Transaction as FromRecoveredPooledTransaction>::from_recovered_pooled_transaction(tx);
+                        new_txs.push(pool_transaction);
 
-                        let pool = self.pool.clone();
-
-                        let import = Box::pin(async move {
-                            pool.add_external_transaction(pool_transaction).await
-                        });
-
-                        self.pool_imports.push(import);
                         entry.insert(vec![peer_id]);
                     }
                 }
             }
 
+            // import new transactions as a batch to minimize lock contention on the underlying pool
+            if !new_txs.is_empty() {
+                let pool = self.pool.clone();
+                let metric_pending_pool_imports = self.metrics.pending_pool_imports.clone();
+
+                metric_pending_pool_imports.increment(new_txs.len() as f64);
+
+                let import = Box::pin(async move {
+                    let added = new_txs.len();
+                    let res = pool.add_external_transactions(new_txs).await;
+
+                    metric_pending_pool_imports.decrement(added as f64);
+
+                    res
+                });
+
+                self.pool_imports.push(import);
+            }
+
             if num_already_seen > 0 {
                 self.metrics.messages_with_already_seen_transactions.increment(1);
                 trace!(target: "net::tx", num_txs=%num_already_seen, ?peer_id, client=?peer.client_version, "Peer sent already seen transactions");
@@ -1103,32 +1116,39 @@ where
         this.request_buffered_hashes();
 
         this.update_request_metrics();
-        this.update_import_metrics();
 
         // Advance all imports
         while let Poll::Ready(Some(import_res)) = this.pool_imports.poll_next_unpin(cx) {
-            match import_res {
-                Ok(hash) => {
-                    this.on_good_import(hash);
-                }
+            let import_res = match import_res {
+                Ok(res) => res,
                 Err(err) => {
-                    // if we're _currently_ syncing and the transaction is bad we ignore it,
-                    // otherwise we penalize the peer that sent the bad
-                    // transaction with the assumption that the peer should have
-                    // known that this transaction is bad. (e.g. consensus
-                    // rules)
-                    if err.is_bad_transaction() && !this.network.is_syncing() {
-                        debug!(target: "net::tx", ?err, "bad pool transaction import");
-                        this.on_bad_import(err.hash);
-                        continue
+                    debug!(target: "net::tx", ?err, "bad pool transaction batch import");
+                    continue
+                }
+            };
+
+            for res in import_res {
+                match res {
+                    Ok(hash) => {
+                        this.on_good_import(hash);
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        // if we're _currently_ syncing and the transaction is bad we ignore it,
+                        // otherwise we penalize the peer that sent the bad
+                        // transaction with the assumption that the peer should have
+                        // known that this transaction is bad. (e.g. consensus
+                        // rules)
+                        if err.is_bad_transaction() && !this.network.is_syncing() {
+                            debug!(target: "net::tx", ?err, "bad pool transaction import");
+                            this.on_bad_import(err.hash);
+                            continue
+                        }
+                        this.on_good_import(err.hash);
                     }
-                    this.on_good_import(err.hash);
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        this.update_import_metrics();
-
         // handle and propagate new transactions
         let mut new_txs = Vec::new();
         while let Poll::Ready(Some(hash)) = this.pending_transactions.poll_next_unpin(cx) {