diff --git a/async-nats/Cargo.toml b/async-nats/Cargo.toml
index 6dd6db8e9..a3cbffe76 100644
--- a/async-nats/Cargo.toml
+++ b/async-nats/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ serde_repr = "0.1.16"
 tokio = { version = "1.36", features = ["macros", "rt", "fs", "net", "sync", "time", "io-util"] }
 url = { version = "2"}
 tokio-rustls = { version = "0.26", default-features = false }
+tokio-util = "0.7"
 rustls-pemfile = "2"
 nuid = "0.5"
 serde_nanos = "0.1.3"
diff --git a/async-nats/src/client.rs b/async-nats/src/client.rs
index 47ab987e8..4ff1140c8 100644
--- a/async-nats/src/client.rs
+++ b/async-nats/src/client.rs
@@ -11,15 +11,18 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+use core::pin::Pin;
+use core::task::{Context, Poll};
+
 use crate::connection::State;
 use crate::subject::ToSubject;
-use crate::ServerInfo;
+use crate::{PublishMessage, ServerInfo};
 
 use super::{header::HeaderMap, status::StatusCode, Command, Message, Subscriber};
 use crate::error::Error;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::future::TryFutureExt;
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures::{Sink, SinkExt as _, StreamExt};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use portable_atomic::AtomicU64;
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+use tokio_util::sync::PollSender;
 use tracing::trace;
 
 static VERSION_RE: Lazy<Regex> =
@@ -44,6 +48,12 @@ impl From<tokio::sync::mpsc::error::SendError<Command>> for PublishError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<tokio_util::sync::PollSendError<Command>> for PublishError {
+    fn from(err: tokio_util::sync::PollSendError<Command>) -> Self {
+        PublishError::with_source(PublishErrorKind::Send, err)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum PublishErrorKind {
     MaxPayloadExceeded,
@@ -67,6 +77,7 @@ pub struct Client {
     info: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<ServerInfo>,
     pub(crate) state: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<State>,
     pub(crate) sender: mpsc::Sender<Command>,
+    poll_sender: PollSender<Command>,
     next_subscription_id: Arc<AtomicU64>,
     subscription_capacity: usize,
     inbox_prefix: Arc<str>,
@@ -74,6 +85,28 @@ pub struct Client {
     max_payload: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
 }
 
+impl Sink<PublishMessage> for Client {
+    type Error = PublishError;
+
+    fn poll_ready(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+        self.poll_sender.poll_ready_unpin(cx).map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    fn start_send(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, msg: PublishMessage) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        self.poll_sender
+            .start_send_unpin(Command::Publish(msg))
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+        self.poll_sender.poll_flush_unpin(cx).map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_close(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+        self.poll_sender.poll_close_unpin(cx).map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Client {
     pub(crate) fn new(
         info: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<ServerInfo>,
@@ -84,10 +117,12 @@ impl Client {
         request_timeout: Option<Duration>,
         max_payload: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
     ) -> Client {
+        let poll_sender = PollSender::new(sender.clone());
         Client {
             info,
             state,
             sender,
+            poll_sender,
             next_subscription_id: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(1)),
             subscription_capacity: capacity,
             inbox_prefix: inbox_prefix.into(),
@@ -191,12 +226,12 @@ impl Client {
         }
 
         self.sender
-            .send(Command::Publish {
+            .send(Command::Publish(PublishMessage {
                 subject,
                 payload,
-                respond: None,
+                reply: None,
                 headers: None,
-            })
+            }))
             .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -229,12 +264,12 @@ impl Client {
         let subject = subject.to_subject();
 
         self.sender
-            .send(Command::Publish {
+            .send(Command::Publish(PublishMessage {
                 subject,
                 payload,
-                respond: None,
+                reply: None,
                 headers: Some(headers),
-            })
+            }))
             .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -265,12 +300,12 @@ impl Client {
         let reply = reply.to_subject();
 
         self.sender
-            .send(Command::Publish {
+            .send(Command::Publish(PublishMessage {
                 subject,
                 payload,
-                respond: Some(reply),
+                reply: Some(reply),
                 headers: None,
-            })
+            }))
             .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -304,12 +339,12 @@ impl Client {
         let reply = reply.to_subject();
 
         self.sender
-            .send(Command::Publish {
+            .send(Command::Publish(PublishMessage {
                 subject,
                 payload,
-                respond: Some(reply),
+                reply: Some(reply),
                 headers: Some(headers),
-            })
+            }))
             .await?;
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/async-nats/src/lib.rs b/async-nats/src/lib.rs
index a530d63a5..3981f172c 100755
--- a/async-nats/src/lib.rs
+++ b/async-nats/src/lib.rs
@@ -342,14 +342,19 @@ pub(crate) enum ServerOp {
     },
 }
 
+/// `PublishMessage` represents a message being published
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct PublishMessage {
+    pub subject: Subject,
+    pub payload: Bytes,
+    pub reply: Option<Subject>,
+    pub headers: Option<HeaderMap>,
+}
+
+/// `Command` represents all commands that a [`Client`] can handle
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum Command {
-    Publish {
-        subject: Subject,
-        payload: Bytes,
-        respond: Option<Subject>,
-        headers: Option<HeaderMap>,
-    },
+    Publish(PublishMessage),
     Request {
         subject: Subject,
         payload: Bytes,
@@ -822,12 +827,12 @@ impl ConnectionHandler {
                 self.connection.enqueue_write_op(&pub_op);
             }
 
-            Command::Publish {
+            Command::Publish(PublishMessage {
                 subject,
                 payload,
-                respond,
+                reply: respond,
                 headers,
-            } => {
+            }) => {
                 self.connection.enqueue_write_op(&ClientOp::Publish {
                     subject,
                     payload,