diff --git a/cloudapi/config.go b/cloudapi/config.go
index 397d5a7422a..f90ce89a641 100644
--- a/cloudapi/config.go
+++ b/cloudapi/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	// APIVersion     null.Int    `json:"apiVersion" envconfig:"K6_CLOUD_API_VERSION"`
 	APIVersion null.Int `json:"-"`
 
+	// TODO: rename the config field to align to the new logic by time series
+	// when the migration from the version 1 is completed.
 	MaxMetricSamplesPerPackage null.Int `json:"maxMetricSamplesPerPackage" envconfig:"K6_CLOUD_MAX_METRIC_SAMPLES_PER_PACKAGE"`
 
 	// The time interval between periodic API calls for sending samples to the cloud ingest service.
diff --git a/output/cloud/expv2/flush.go b/output/cloud/expv2/flush.go
index 5d3e3ae90de..933ec23d6d8 100644
--- a/output/cloud/expv2/flush.go
+++ b/output/cloud/expv2/flush.go
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ type metricsFlusher struct {
 	bq                         *bucketQ
 	client                     pusher
 	aggregationPeriodInSeconds uint32
+	maxSeriesInSingleBatch     int
 }
 
+// Flush flushes the queued buckets sending them to the remote Cloud service.
+// If the number of time series collected is bigger than maximum batch size than
+// it splits in chunks.
 func (f *metricsFlusher) Flush(ctx context.Context) error {
 	// drain the buffer
 	buckets := f.bq.PopAll()
@@ -36,10 +40,24 @@ func (f *metricsFlusher) Flush(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	msb := newMetricSetBuilder(f.referenceID, f.aggregationPeriodInSeconds)
 	for i := 0; i < len(buckets); i++ {
-		msb.addTimeBucket(&buckets[i])
+		msb.addTimeBucket(buckets[i])
+		if len(msb.seriesIndex) < f.maxSeriesInSingleBatch {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// we hit the chunk size, let's flush
+		err := f.client.push(ctx, f.referenceID, msb.MetricSet)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		msb = newMetricSetBuilder(f.referenceID, f.aggregationPeriodInSeconds)
+	}
+
+	if len(msb.seriesIndex) < 1 {
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	// send the MetricSet to the remote service
+	// send the last (or the unique) MetricSet chunk to the remote service
 	return f.client.push(ctx, f.referenceID, msb.MetricSet)
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +102,7 @@ func newMetricSetBuilder(testRunID string, aggrPeriodSec uint32) metricSetBuilde
 	}
 }
 
-func (msb *metricSetBuilder) addTimeBucket(bucket *timeBucket) {
+func (msb *metricSetBuilder) addTimeBucket(bucket timeBucket) {
 	for timeSeries, sink := range bucket.Sinks {
 		pbmetric, ok := msb.metrics[timeSeries.Metric]
 		if !ok {
diff --git a/output/cloud/expv2/flush_test.go b/output/cloud/expv2/flush_test.go
index 4978abec16c..e98c24e2e6a 100644
--- a/output/cloud/expv2/flush_test.go
+++ b/output/cloud/expv2/flush_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package expv2
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.k6.io/k6/metrics"
+	"go.k6.io/k6/output/cloud/expv2/pbcloud"
 )
 
 // TODO: additional case
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ func TestMetricSetBuilderAddTimeBucket(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	msb := newMetricSetBuilder("testrunid-123", 1)
-	msb.addTimeBucket(&tb)
+	msb.addTimeBucket(tb)
 
 	assert.Contains(t, msb.metrics, m1)
 	require.Contains(t, msb.seriesIndex, timeSeries)
@@ -38,3 +41,58 @@ func TestMetricSetBuilderAddTimeBucket(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Len(t, msb.MetricSet.Metrics, 1)
 	assert.Len(t, msb.MetricSet.Metrics[0].TimeSeries, 1)
 }
+
+func TestMetricsFlusherFlushChunk(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		series        int
+		expFlushCalls int
+	}{
+		{series: 5, expFlushCalls: 2},
+		{series: 2, expFlushCalls: 1},
+	}
+
+	r := metrics.NewRegistry()
+	m1 := r.MustNewMetric("metric1", metrics.Counter)
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		bq := &bucketQ{}
+		pm := &pusherMock{}
+		mf := metricsFlusher{
+			bq:                     bq,
+			client:                 pm,
+			maxSeriesInSingleBatch: 3,
+		}
+
+		bq.buckets = make([]timeBucket, 0, tc.series)
+		for i := 0; i < tc.series; i++ {
+			ts := metrics.TimeSeries{
+				Metric: m1,
+				Tags:   r.RootTagSet().With("key1", "val"+strconv.Itoa(i)),
+			}
+			bq.Push([]timeBucket{
+				{
+					Time: int64(i) + 1,
+					Sinks: map[metrics.TimeSeries]metricValue{
+						ts: &counter{Sum: float64(1)},
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		}
+		require.Len(t, bq.buckets, tc.series)
+
+		err := mf.Flush(context.TODO())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, tc.expFlushCalls, pm.pushCalled)
+	}
+}
+
+type pusherMock struct {
+	pushCalled int
+}
+
+func (pm *pusherMock) push(_ context.Context, _ string, _ *pbcloud.MetricSet) error {
+	pm.pushCalled++
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/output/cloud/expv2/output.go b/output/cloud/expv2/output.go
index f157fbf3bf2..1593deb1d84 100644
--- a/output/cloud/expv2/output.go
+++ b/output/cloud/expv2/output.go
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ func (o *Output) Start() error {
 		bq:                         &o.collector.bq,
 		client:                     mc,
 		aggregationPeriodInSeconds: uint32(o.config.AggregationPeriod.TimeDuration().Seconds()),
+		// TODO: rename the config field to align to the new logic by time series
+		// when the migration from the version 1 is completed.
+		maxSeriesInSingleBatch: int(o.config.MaxMetricSamplesPerPackage.Int64),
 	}
 
 	o.periodicInvoke(o.config.MetricPushInterval.TimeDuration(), o.flushMetrics)