diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jpa/JpaEventPublicationRepository.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jpa/JpaEventPublicationRepository.java
index f38d746b2..af16ac2e6 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jpa/JpaEventPublicationRepository.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jpa/JpaEventPublicationRepository.java
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public List<TargetEventPublication> findFailedPublications(FailedCriteria criter
 	public void deletePublications(List<UUID> identifiers) {
 
 		batch(identifiers, DELETE_BATCH_SIZE).forEach(it -> {
-			entityManager.createQuery(DELETE).setParameter(1, identifiers).executeUpdate();
+			entityManager.createQuery(DELETE).setParameter(1, it).executeUpdate();
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jpa/JpaEventPublicationRepositoryUnitTests.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jpa/JpaEventPublicationRepositoryUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4df85f1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jpa/JpaEventPublicationRepositoryUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.modulith.events.jpa;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+import jakarta.persistence.Query;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.modulith.events.core.EventSerializer;
+import org.springframework.modulith.events.support.CompletionMode;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link JpaEventPublicationRepository}.
+ *
+ * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ */
+class JpaEventPublicationRepositoryUnitTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void deletesPublicationsByIdentifierInBatches() {
+
+		var entityManager = mock(EntityManager.class);
+		var query = mock(Query.class);
+		var parameters = new ArrayList<List<UUID>>();
+
+		when(entityManager.createQuery(anyString())).thenReturn(query);
+		when(query.setParameter(eq(1), any())).thenAnswer(invocation -> {
+
+			parameters.add(invocation.getArgument(1));
+			return query;
+		});
+
+		var repository = new JpaEventPublicationRepository(entityManager, mock(EventSerializer.class),
+				CompletionMode.UPDATE);
+		var identifiers = new ArrayList<UUID>();
+
+		for (var i = 0; i < 101; i++) {
+			identifiers.add(UUID.randomUUID());
+		}
+
+		repository.deletePublications(identifiers);
+
+		verify(query, times(2)).executeUpdate();
+
+		assertThat(parameters).extracting(List::size).containsExactly(100, 1);
+	}
+}