diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/README.md b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/README.md
index e158953abc5..56877e09a40 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/README.md
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/README.md
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ MavenLocal debugging steps:
 
 | Version | Date       | Pull Request                                               | Subject                                                                                                                                                        |
 |:--------|:-----------|:-----------------------------------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| 0.23.19 | 2024-03-11 | [\#35904](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/35904) | Add retries to the debezium engine.                                                                                                                            |
 | 0.23.18 | 2024-03-07 | [\#35899](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/35899) | Null check when retrieving destination state                                                                                                                   |
 | 0.23.16 | 2024-03-06 | [\#35842](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/35842) | Improve logging in debezium processing.                                                                                                                        |
 | 0.23.15 | 2024-03-05 | [\#35827](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/35827) | improving the Junit interceptor.                                                                                                                               |
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/main/resources/version.properties b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/main/resources/version.properties
index c6b68bc8f36..66c3969cb41 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/main/resources/version.properties
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/core/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=0.23.18
+version=0.23.19
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumPropertiesManager.java b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumPropertiesManager.java
index 4bae69e9999..61c57c1a102 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumPropertiesManager.java
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumPropertiesManager.java
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ public abstract class DebeziumPropertiesManager {
     props.setProperty("max.batch.size", "2048");
     props.setProperty("max.queue.size", "8192");
 
-    // Disabling retries because debezium startup time might exceed our 60-second wait limit
-    // The maximum number of retries on connection errors before failing (-1 = no limit, 0 = disabled, >
-    // 0 = num of retries).
-    props.setProperty("errors.max.retries", "0");
+    props.setProperty("errors.max.retries", "5");
     // This property must be strictly less than errors.retry.delay.max.ms
     // (https://github.com/debezium/debezium/blob/bcc7d49519a4f07d123c616cfa45cd6268def0b9/debezium-core/src/main/java/io/debezium/util/DelayStrategy.java#L135)
     props.setProperty("errors.retry.delay.initial.ms", "299");
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumRecordIterator.java b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumRecordIterator.java
index 09ccae30c92..aa0dd90ea5a 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumRecordIterator.java
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/src/main/java/io/airbyte/cdk/integrations/debezium/internals/DebeziumRecordIterator.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class DebeziumRecordIterator<T> extends AbstractIterator<ChangeEventWithM
     this.publisherStatusSupplier = publisherStatusSupplier;
     this.debeziumShutdownProcedure = debeziumShutdownProcedure;
     this.firstRecordWaitTime = firstRecordWaitTime;
-    this.subsequentRecordWaitTime = subsequentRecordWaitTime;
+    this.subsequentRecordWaitTime = firstRecordWaitTime.dividedBy(2);
     this.heartbeatEventSourceField = new HashMap<>(1);
 
     this.receivedFirstRecord = false;
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/build.gradle b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/build.gradle
index df72ad0baa1..22ce22cdb18 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ java {
 }
 
 airbyteJavaConnector {
-    cdkVersionRequired = '0.23.17'
+    cdkVersionRequired = '0.23.19'
     features = ['db-sources', 'datastore-postgres']
     useLocalCdk = false
 }
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/metadata.yaml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/metadata.yaml
index f5bc3ca80c8..dc56f616b2b 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/metadata.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-postgres/metadata.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ data:
   connectorSubtype: database
   connectorType: source
   definitionId: decd338e-5647-4c0b-adf4-da0e75f5a750
-  dockerImageTag: 3.3.15
+  dockerImageTag: 3.3.16
   dockerRepository: airbyte/source-postgres
   documentationUrl: https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/sources/postgres
   githubIssueLabel: source-postgres
diff --git a/docs/integrations/sources/postgres.md b/docs/integrations/sources/postgres.md
index 6ac689d6cc5..68b30aceea0 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/sources/postgres.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/sources/postgres.md
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ According to Postgres [documentation](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/datatyp
 
 | Version | Date       | Pull Request                                             | Subject                                                                                                                                                                    |
 |---------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| 3.3.16  | 2024-03-11 | [35904](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/35904) | Adopt Java CDK 0.23.1- debezium retries.                                                                                                                                   |
 | 3.3.15  | 2024-02-29 | [34724](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/34724) | Add record count in state message.                                                                                                                                         |
 | 3.3.14  | 2024-03-06 | [35842](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/35842) | Add logging to understand cases with a large number of records with the same LSN.                                                                                          |
 | 3.3.12  | 2024-02-22 | [35569](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/35569) | Fix logging bug.                                                                                                                                                           |