diff --git a/src/OpenMessage.AWS.SQS/SqsConsumer.cs b/src/OpenMessage.AWS.SQS/SqsConsumer.cs
index 4185045..7bad77f 100644
--- a/src/OpenMessage.AWS.SQS/SqsConsumer.cs
+++ b/src/OpenMessage.AWS.SQS/SqsConsumer.cs
@@ -78,14 +78,22 @@ public async Task<List<SqsMessage<T>>> ConsumeAsync(CancellationToken cancellati
                 if (_acknowledgementAction is null)
                     Throw.Exception("Acknowledgement action cannot be null for SQS message");
 
-                result.Add(new SqsMessage<T>(_acknowledgementAction)
+                try
+                {
+                    result.Add(new SqsMessage<T>(_acknowledgementAction)
+                    {
+                        Id = message.MessageId,
+                        Properties = properties,
+                        ReceiptHandle = message.ReceiptHandle,
+                        QueueUrl = _currentConsumerOptions.QueueUrl,
+                        Value = _deserializationProvider.From<T>(message.Body, contentType, messageType ?? string.Empty)
+                    });
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
                 {
-                    Id = message.MessageId,
-                    Properties = properties,
-                    ReceiptHandle = message.ReceiptHandle,
-                    QueueUrl = _currentConsumerOptions.QueueUrl,
-                    Value = _deserializationProvider.From<T>(message.Body, contentType, messageType ?? string.Empty)
-                });
+                    // Swallow deserialization exception to prevent blocking the pipeline and processing of subsequent messages.
+                    _logger.LogError(e,$"Error deserializing message body. {e.Message}. {nameof(message.MessageId)}:{message.MessageId}. {nameof(message.MD5OfBody)}:{message.MD5OfBody}");
+                }
             }
 
             return result;
diff --git a/tests/OpenMessage.Tests/Pipelines/BatcherTests.cs b/tests/OpenMessage.Tests/Pipelines/BatcherTests.cs
index f233992..de9bfbf 100644
--- a/tests/OpenMessage.Tests/Pipelines/BatcherTests.cs
+++ b/tests/OpenMessage.Tests/Pipelines/BatcherTests.cs
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ await Task.WhenAll(Enumerable.Range(0, _batchSize - 1)
 
             Assert.Equal(1, _history.Count);
 
-            Assert.Equal(_batchSize - 1, _history.Single()
-                                                 .Count);
-            Assert.True(stopwatch.Elapsed >= _timeout);
+            Assert.Equal(_batchSize - 1, _history.Single().Count);
+
+            Assert.True(stopwatch.Elapsed.Add(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5)) >= _timeout);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ await Task.WhenAll(Enumerable.Range(0, _batchSize)
 
             Assert.Equal(1, _history.Count);
 
-            Assert.Equal(_batchSize, _history.Single()
-                                             .Count);
+            Assert.Equal(_batchSize, _history.Single().Count);
+
             Assert.True(stopwatch.Elapsed < _timeout);
         }