diff --git a/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant.py b/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant.py
index a6cf0b88d6063..16dc728f120be 100644
--- a/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant.py
+++ b/llama_index/vector_stores/qdrant.py
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ class QdrantVectorStore(BasePydanticVectorStore):
     Args:
         collection_name: (str): name of the Qdrant collection
         client (Optional[Any]): QdrantClient instance from `qdrant-client` package
+        aclient (Optional[Any]): AsyncQdrantClient instance from `qdrant-client` package
+        url (Optional[str]): url of the Qdrant instance
+        api_key (Optional[str]): API key for authenticating with Qdrant
+        batch_size (int): number of points to upload in a single request to Qdrant. Defaults to 64
+        parallel (int): number of parallel processes to use during upload. Defaults to 1
+        max_retries (int): maximum number of retries in case of a failure. Defaults to 3
+        client_kwargs (Optional[dict]): additional kwargs for QdrantClient and AsyncQdrantClient
+        enable_hybrid (bool): whether to enable hybrid search using dense and sparse vectors
+        sparse_doc_fn (Optional[SparseEncoderCallable]): function to encode sparse vectors
+        sparse_query_fn (Optional[SparseEncoderCallable]): function to encode sparse queries
+        hybrid_fusion_fn (Optional[HybridFusionCallable]): function to fuse hybrid search results
     """
 
     stores_text: bool = True
@@ -57,6 +68,8 @@ class QdrantVectorStore(BasePydanticVectorStore):
     url: Optional[str]
     api_key: Optional[str]
     batch_size: int
+    parallel: int
+    max_retries: int
     client_kwargs: dict = Field(default_factory=dict)
     enable_hybrid: bool
 
@@ -74,7 +87,9 @@ def __init__(
         aclient: Optional[Any] = None,
         url: Optional[str] = None,
         api_key: Optional[str] = None,
-        batch_size: int = 100,
+        batch_size: int = 64,
+        parallel: int = 1,
+        max_retries: int = 3,
         client_kwargs: Optional[dict] = None,
         enable_hybrid: bool = False,
         sparse_doc_fn: Optional[SparseEncoderCallable] = None,
@@ -138,6 +153,8 @@ def __init__(
             url=url,
             api_key=api_key,
             batch_size=batch_size,
+            parallel=parallel,
+            max_retries=max_retries,
             client_kwargs=client_kwargs or {},
             enable_hybrid=enable_hybrid,
         )
@@ -227,12 +244,14 @@ def add(self, nodes: List[BaseNode], **add_kwargs: Any) -> List[str]:
 
         points, ids = self._build_points(nodes)
 
-        # batch upsert the points into Qdrant collection to avoid large payloads
-        for points_batch in iter_batch(points, self.batch_size):
-            self._client.upsert(
-                collection_name=self.collection_name,
-                points=points_batch,
-            )
+        self._client.upload_points(
+            collection_name=self.collection_name,
+            points=points,
+            batch_size=self.batch_size,
+            parallel=self.parallel,
+            max_retries=self.max_retries,
+            wait=True,
+        )
 
         return ids
 
@@ -259,12 +278,14 @@ async def async_add(self, nodes: List[BaseNode], **kwargs: Any) -> List[str]:
 
         points, ids = self._build_points(nodes)
 
-        # batch upsert the points into Qdrant collection to avoid large payloads
-        for points_batch in iter_batch(points, self.batch_size):
-            await self._aclient.upsert(
-                collection_name=self.collection_name,
-                points=points_batch,
-            )
+        await self._aclient.upload_points(
+            collection_name=self.collection_name,
+            points=points,
+            batch_size=self.batch_size,
+            parallel=self.parallel,
+            max_retries=self.max_retries,
+            wait=True,
+        )
 
         return ids