diff --git a/node/pkg/db/db.go b/node/pkg/db/db.go
index 66810b30b4..def2cf517c 100644
--- a/node/pkg/db/db.go
+++ b/node/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -128,6 +128,36 @@ func (d *Database) StoreSignedVAA(v *vaa.VAA) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// StoreSignedVAABatch writes multiple VAAs to the database using the BadgerDB batch API.
+// Note that the API takes care of splitting up the slice into the maximum allowed count
+// and size so we don't need to worry about that.
+func (d *Database) StoreSignedVAABatch(vaaBatch []*vaa.VAA) error {
+	batchTx := d.db.NewWriteBatch()
+	defer batchTx.Cancel()
+
+	for _, v := range vaaBatch {
+		if len(v.Signatures) == 0 {
+			panic("StoreSignedVAABatch called for unsigned VAA")
+		}
+
+		b, err := v.Marshal()
+		if err != nil {
+			panic("StoreSignedVAABatch failed to marshall VAA")
+		}
+
+		err = batchTx.Set(VaaIDFromVAA(v).Bytes(), b)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		storedVaaTotal.Inc()
+	}
+
+	// Wait for the batch to finish.
+	err := batchTx.Flush()
+	return err
+}
+
 func (d *Database) HasVAA(id VAAID) (bool, error) {
 	err := d.db.View(func(txn *badger.Txn) error {
 		_, err := txn.Get(id.Bytes())
diff --git a/node/pkg/db/db_test.go b/node/pkg/db/db_test.go
index ffbdc2f804..5fde4c07d4 100644
--- a/node/pkg/db/db_test.go
+++ b/node/pkg/db/db_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getVAA() vaa.VAA {
+	return getVAAWithSeqNum(1)
+}
+
+func getVAAWithSeqNum(seqNum uint64) vaa.VAA {
 	var payload = []byte{97, 97, 97, 97, 97, 97}
 	var governanceEmitter = vaa.Address{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4}
 
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ func getVAA() vaa.VAA {
 		Signatures:       nil,
 		Timestamp:        time.Unix(0, 0),
 		Nonce:            uint32(1),
-		Sequence:         uint64(1),
+		Sequence:         seqNum,
 		ConsistencyLevel: uint8(32),
 		EmitterChain:     vaa.ChainIDSolana,
 		EmitterAddress:   governanceEmitter,
@@ -114,6 +119,68 @@ func TestStoreSignedVAASigned(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err2)
 }
 
+func TestStoreSignedVAABatch(t *testing.T) {
+	dbPath := t.TempDir()
+	db, err := Open(dbPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("failed to open database")
+	}
+	defer db.Close()
+	defer os.Remove(dbPath)
+
+	privKey, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(crypto.S256(), rand.Reader)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Less(t, int64(0), db.db.MaxBatchCount()) // In testing this was 104857.
+	require.Less(t, int64(0), db.db.MaxBatchSize())  // In testing this was 10066329.
+
+	// Make sure we exceed the max batch size.
+	numVAAs := uint64(db.db.MaxBatchCount() + 1)
+
+	// Build the VAA batch.
+	vaaBatch := make([]*vaa.VAA, 0, numVAAs)
+	for seqNum := uint64(0); seqNum < numVAAs; seqNum++ {
+		v := getVAAWithSeqNum(seqNum)
+		v.AddSignature(privKey, 0)
+		vaaBatch = append(vaaBatch, &v)
+	}
+
+	// Store the batch in the database.
+	err = db.StoreSignedVAABatch(vaaBatch)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify all the VAAs are in the database.
+	for _, v := range vaaBatch {
+		storedBytes, err := db.GetSignedVAABytes(*VaaIDFromVAA(v))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		origBytes, err := v.Marshal()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(origBytes, storedBytes))
+	}
+
+	// Verify that updates work as well by tweaking the VAAs and rewriting them.
+	for _, v := range vaaBatch {
+		v.Nonce += 1
+	}
+
+	// Store the updated batch in the database.
+	err = db.StoreSignedVAABatch(vaaBatch)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Verify all the updated VAAs are in the database.
+	for _, v := range vaaBatch {
+		storedBytes, err := db.GetSignedVAABytes(*VaaIDFromVAA(v))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		origBytes, err := v.Marshal()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(origBytes, storedBytes))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGetSignedVAABytes(t *testing.T) {
 	dbPath := t.TempDir()
 	db, err := Open(dbPath)
diff --git a/node/pkg/processor/processor.go b/node/pkg/processor/processor.go
index f175fa0f0f..f5f4496169 100644
--- a/node/pkg/processor/processor.go
+++ b/node/pkg/processor/processor.go
@@ -399,10 +399,9 @@ func (p *Processor) vaaWriter(ctx context.Context) error {
 			p.updateVAALock.Unlock()
 			if updatedVAAs != nil {
 				// If there's anything to write, do that.
+				vaaBatch := make([]*vaa.VAA, 0, len(updatedVAAs))
 				for _, entry := range updatedVAAs {
-					if err := p.db.StoreSignedVAA(entry.v); err != nil {
-						p.logger.Error("failed to write VAA to database", zap.Error(err))
-					}
+					vaaBatch = append(vaaBatch, entry.v)
 					if entry.hashToLog != "" {
 						p.logger.Info("signed VAA with quorum",
 							zap.String("message_id", entry.v.MessageID()),
@@ -412,6 +411,10 @@ func (p *Processor) vaaWriter(ctx context.Context) error {
 					}
 				}
 
+				if err := p.db.StoreSignedVAABatch(vaaBatch); err != nil {
+					p.logger.Error("failed to write VAAs to database", zap.Int("numVAAs", len(vaaBatch)), zap.Error(err))
+				}
+
 				// Go through the map and delete anything we have written that hasn't been updated again.
 				// If something has been updated again, it will get written next interval.
 				p.updateVAALock.Lock()