diff --git a/.github/project.yml b/.github/project.yml
index a6a085e..0418941 100644
--- a/.github/project.yml
+++ b/.github/project.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 release:
-  current-version: "3.17.9"
+  current-version: "3.17.10"
   next-version: "3.18.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/attributes.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/attributes.adoc
index b335529..2b14b46 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/attributes.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/attributes.adoc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-:project-version: 3.17.9
+:project-version: 3.17.10
 
 :examples-dir: ./../examples/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/Connection.java b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/Connection.java
index 6351b20..a92deed 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/Connection.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/Connection.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import io.quarkiverse.reactive.messaging.nats.jetstream.client.api.Consumer;
 import io.quarkiverse.reactive.messaging.nats.jetstream.client.configuration.*;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
 
 public interface Connection<T> extends AutoCloseable {
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ Uni<Message<T>> publish(Message<T> message, PublishConfiguration publishConfigur
 
     Uni<Message<T>> next(ConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration, Duration timeout);
 
-    Uni<List<Message<T>>> fetch(FetchConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration);
+    Multi<Message<T>> fetch(FetchConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration);
 
     Uni<Message<T>> resolve(String streamName, long sequence);
 
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/DefaultConnection.java b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/DefaultConnection.java
index 72e4b14..8489459 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/DefaultConnection.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/reactive/messaging/nats/jetstream/client/DefaultConnection.java
@@ -121,21 +121,27 @@ public Uni<Message<T>> next(ConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration, Duration tim
                 .transformToUni(
                         consumerContext -> Uni.createFrom().item(Unchecked.supplier(() -> consumerContext.next(timeout))))
                 .emitOn(context::runOnContext)
-                .onItem().transformToUni(message -> transformMessage(message, configuration, context()))
+                .onItem().ifNull().failWith(MessageNotFoundException::new)
+                .onItem().ifNotNull().transformToUni(message -> transformMessage(message, configuration, context()))
                 .onItem().transformToUni(message -> tracerFactory.<T> create(TracerType.Subscribe).withTrace(message,
-                        new AttachContextTraceSupplier<>())));
+                        new AttachContextTraceSupplier<>())))
+                .onFailure().transform(failure -> {
+                    if (failure instanceof MessageNotFoundException) {
+                        return failure;
+                    }
+                    return new FetchException(failure);
+                });
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("ReactiveStreamsUnusedPublisher")
     @Override
-    public Uni<List<Message<T>>> fetch(FetchConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration) {
+    public Multi<Message<T>> fetch(FetchConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration) {
         final var context = context();
-        return context.executeBlocking(addOrUpdateConsumer(configuration.consumerConfiguration())
-                .onItem().transformToUni(consumerContext -> fetchMessages(consumerContext, configuration, context))
-                .onItem().transformToMulti(messages -> Multi.createFrom().items(messages.stream()))
+        return addOrUpdateConsumer(configuration.consumerConfiguration())
+                .onItem().transformToMulti(consumerContext -> fetchMessages(consumerContext, configuration, context))
                 .onItem().transformToUniAndMerge(message -> tracerFactory.<T> create(TracerType.Subscribe).withTrace(message,
                         new AttachContextTraceSupplier<>()))
-                .collect().asList());
+                .onFailure().transform(FetchException::new);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -243,7 +249,7 @@ private Uni<Message<T>> addPublishMetadata(final Message<T> message, final Publi
         }));
     }
 
-    private Uni<List<Message<T>>> fetchMessages(ConsumerContext consumerContext, FetchConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration,
+    private Multi<Message<T>> fetchMessages(ConsumerContext consumerContext, FetchConsumerConfiguration<T> configuration,
             Context context) {
         return Multi.createFrom().<io.nats.client.Message> emitter(emitter -> {
             try {
@@ -261,8 +267,7 @@ private Uni<List<Message<T>>> fetchMessages(ConsumerContext consumerContext, Fet
         })
                 .emitOn(context::runOnContext)
                 .onItem()
-                .transformToUniAndMerge(message -> transformMessage(message, configuration.consumerConfiguration(), context))
-                .collect().asList();
+                .transformToUniAndMerge(message -> transformMessage(message, configuration.consumerConfiguration(), context));
     }
 
     private FetchConsumer fetchConsumer(final ConsumerContext consumerContext,