diff --git a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/event/FlowEvent.avsc b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/event/FlowEvent.avsc
index 53b7fcb9b1..3ccff118ea 100644
--- a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/event/FlowEvent.avsc
+++ b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/event/FlowEvent.avsc
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
         "net.corda.data.flow.event.StartFlow",
         "net.corda.data.flow.output.FlowStatus",
         "net.corda.data.flow.event.SessionEvent",
-        "net.corda.data.flow.event.external.ExternalEventResponse"
+        "net.corda.data.flow.event.external.ExternalEventResponse",
+        "net.corda.data.flow.event.external.ExternalEventRetryRequest"
       ]
     }
   ]
diff --git a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/event/external/ExternalEventRetryRequest.avsc b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/event/external/ExternalEventRetryRequest.avsc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05fe29f034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/event/external/ExternalEventRetryRequest.avsc
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "type": "record",
+  "name": "ExternalEventRetryRequest",
+  "namespace": "net.corda.data.flow.event.external",
+  "doc": "This event captures the details of the external event request to allow it to be polled from the bus and retried.",
+  "fields": [
+    {
+      "name": "requestId",
+      "type": "string",
+      "doc": "The requestId of the external event request to retry."
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "timestamp",
+      "type": {
+        "type": "long",
+        "logicalType": "timestamp-millis"
+      },
+      "doc": "Time ([Instant]) in milliseconds when the request was created. Ensures each request is unique for replay logic."
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java b/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java
index c850ec22c2..17158ea396 100644
--- a/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java
+++ b/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ private Bus() {
         public static final String KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS = KAFKA_PROPERTIES_COMMON + ".bootstrap.servers";
         public static final String KAFKA_PROPERTIES_CONSUMER = KAFKA_PROPERTIES + ".consumer";
         public static final String KAFKA_CONSUMER_MAX_POLL_INTERVAL = KAFKA_PROPERTIES_CONSUMER + ".max.poll.interval.ms";
+        public static final String KAFKA_CONSUMER_MAX_POLL_RECORDS = KAFKA_PROPERTIES_CONSUMER + ".max.poll.records";
         public static final String KAFKA_PROPERTIES_PRODUCER = KAFKA_PROPERTIES + ".producer";
         public static final String KAFKA_PRODUCER_CLIENT_ID = KAFKA_PROPERTIES_PRODUCER + ".client.id";
 
diff --git a/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json
index 3ceeb8dbfb..ec206525c7 100644
--- a/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json
+++ b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/flow/1.0/corda.flow.json
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
           "default": 60000
         },
         "maxRetries": {
-          "description": "The maximum number of times Corda retries a request before returning an exception.",
+          "description": "The maximum number of times Corda retries a request before returning an exception for error cases other than transient errors. Transient errors will be retied until flows are cleaned up when the maxIdleTime expires.",
           "type": "integer",
           "minimum": 0,
           "maximum": 2147483647,
diff --git a/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml b/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml
index fc47fff16a..3fc8b9f8c0 100644
--- a/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml
+++ b/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml
@@ -89,4 +89,3 @@ topics:
     producers:
       - flow
     config:
-
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2f92d360fc..5adb08edc5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cordaProductVersion = 5.2.1
 # NOTE: update this each time this module contains a breaking change
 ## NOTE: currently this is a top level revision, so all API versions will line up, but this could be moved to
 ##   a per module property in which case module versions can change independently.
-cordaApiRevision = 53
+cordaApiRevision = 54
 
 # Main
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency = false
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ea43820d35..bfdb89d3a8 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kotlinVersion = "1.8.21"
 slf4jVersion = { strictly = "1.7.36" }
 
 # Main implementation dependencies
-avroVersion = "1.11.3"
+avroVersion = "1.11.4"
 apacheCommonsCodecVersion="1.16.1"
 commonsCompressVersion = "1.26.0"
 bouncycastleVersion = "1.77"