diff --git a/cli/polygonetl/cli/stream.py b/cli/polygonetl/cli/stream.py
index 189284de..d97288dd 100644
--- a/cli/polygonetl/cli/stream.py
+++ b/cli/polygonetl/cli/stream.py
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@
 @click.option('--period-seconds', default=10, show_default=True, type=int, help='How many seconds to sleep between syncs')
 @click.option('-b', '--batch-size', default=10, show_default=True, type=int, help='How many blocks to batch in single request')
 @click.option('-B', '--block-batch-size', default=1, show_default=True, type=int, help='How many blocks to batch in single sync round')
+@click.option('-r', '--ramp-up-blocks', default=0, show_default=True, type=int, help='Specifies the count of initial blocks to be processed one by one before switching to batch processing. This approach is particularly beneficial for mitigating issues like Out-of-Memory (OOM) errors when dealing with large batches')
 @click.option('-w', '--max-workers', default=5, show_default=True, type=int, help='The number of workers')
 @click.option('--log-file', default=None, show_default=True, type=str, help='Log file')
 @click.option('--pid-file', default=None, show_default=True, type=str, help='pid file')
 def stream(last_synced_block_file, lag, provider_uri, output, start_block, entity_types,
-           period_seconds=10, batch_size=2, block_batch_size=10, max_workers=5, log_file=None, pid_file=None):
+           period_seconds=10, batch_size=2, block_batch_size=10, ramp_up_blocks=0, max_workers=5, log_file=None, pid_file=None):
     """Streams all data types to console or Google Pub/Sub."""
     configure_logging(log_file)
     configure_signals()
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ def stream(last_synced_block_file, lag, provider_uri, output, start_block, entit
         start_block=start_block,
         period_seconds=period_seconds,
         block_batch_size=block_batch_size,
+        ramp_up_blocks=ramp_up_blocks,
         pid_file=pid_file
     )
     streamer.stream()
diff --git a/cli/setup.py b/cli/setup.py
index 155aaccc..e578945a 100644
--- a/cli/setup.py
+++ b/cli/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def read(fname):
     python_requires=">=3.7,<3.10",
     install_requires=[
         "base58==2.1.1",
-        "blockchain-etl-common==1.6.1",
+        "blockchain-etl-common==1.7.1",
         "click>=8.0,<9",
         "eth-abi==2.2.0",  # web3 5.28.0 depends on eth-abi<3.0.0
         "eth-utils==1.10",  # eth-abi 2.2.0 depends on eth-utils<2.0.0
diff --git a/streaming/charts/polygon-etl-streaming/templates/deployment.yaml b/streaming/charts/polygon-etl-streaming/templates/deployment.yaml
index 864cbe6d..2219e6f5 100644
--- a/streaming/charts/polygon-etl-streaming/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/streaming/charts/polygon-etl-streaming/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ spec:
             - "--max-workers={{ .Values.config.MAX_WORKERS }}"
             - "--batch-size={{ .Values.config.BATCH_SIZE }}"
             - "--block-batch-size={{ .Values.config.BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE }}"
+            - "--ramp-up-blocks={{ .Values.config.BLOCK_BATCH_SIZE }}"
             - "--pid-file={{ .Values.lsb_path }}/{{ .Values.pid_file }}"
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.stream.resources | nindent 12 }}