diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d84a85f..9e0c0b1 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+* 1.9.0
+  - No global stats collection by default.
+    There is a ets table based stats collector to record the number of sent bytes and messages. Consider this feature deprecated.
+    Since 1.7.0, there there is a better integration for metrics.
 * 1.8.0
   - Add wolff:check_if_topic_exists/2 for checking if a topic exists making use of an existing client process. [#52](https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff/pull/52)
   - Improved logs when reporting connection errors. (merged 1.5.12)
@@ -20,8 +24,9 @@
   - Upgrade `kafka_protocol` from version 4.1.0 to 4.1.1 to enable customizing the SNI without needing to set the `verify_peer` option.
 * 1.7.1 (merged 1.5.9)
   - Fix: when picking a producer PID, if it was dead, it could lead to an error being raised. [#37](https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff/pull/37)
-* 1.6.5
+* 1.7.0
   - Upgrade `kafka_protocol` from version 4.0.3 to version to 4.1.0 for SASL/GSSAPI auth support.
+  - Also added beam-telemetry for better metrics report.
 * 1.6.4 (merged 1.5.8)
 * 1.6.3 (merged 1.5.7)
   - Stop supervised producer if failed to start. Otherwise the caller may have to call the wolff:stop_and_delete_supervised_producers/3
diff --git a/src/wolff_producer.erl b/src/wolff_producer.erl
index c48e516..158fffe 100644
--- a/src/wolff_producer.erl
+++ b/src/wolff_producer.erl
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
 %% * `max_send_ahead': Number of batches to be sent ahead without receiving ack for
 %%    the last request. Must be 0 if messages must be delivered in strict order.
 %% * `compression': `no_compression', `snappy' or `gzip'.
+%% * `enable_global_stats': `true' | `false'.
+%%    Introduced in 1.9.0, default is `false'. Set to `true' to enalbe a global
+%%    send/receive stats table created in `wolff_stats' module.
 -spec start_link(wolff:client_id(), topic(), partition(), pid() | ?conn_down(any()), config()) ->
   {ok, pid()} | {error, any()}.
 start_link(ClientId, Topic, Partition, MaybeConnPid, Config) ->
@@ -224,8 +227,9 @@ do_init(#{client_id := ClientId,
       sent_reqs_count => 0,
       inflight_calls => 0,
       conn := undefined,
-      client_id => ClientId
-      }.
+      client_id => ClientId,
+      enable_global_stats => maps:get(enable_global_stats, Config0, false)
+  }.
 
 handle_call(stop, From, St) ->
   gen_server:reply(From, ok),
@@ -238,13 +242,9 @@ handle_info({do_init, St0}, _) ->
   {noreply, St};
 handle_info(?linger_expire, St) ->
   {noreply, maybe_send_to_kafka(St#{?linger_expire_timer := false})};
-handle_info(?SEND_REQ(_, Batch, _) = Call, #{client_id := ClientId,
-                                             topic := Topic,
-                                             partition := Partition,
-                                             config := #{max_batch_bytes := Limit}
-                                            } = St0) ->
+handle_info(?SEND_REQ(_, Batch, _) = Call, #{config := #{max_batch_bytes := Limit}} = St0) ->
   {Calls, Cnt, Oct} = collect_send_calls([Call], 1, batch_bytes(Batch), Limit),
-  ok = wolff_stats:recv(ClientId, Topic, Partition, #{cnt => Cnt, oct => Oct}),
+  ok = recv_stats(St0, #{cnt => Cnt, oct => Oct}),
   St1 = enqueue_calls(Calls, St0),
   St = maybe_send_to_kafka(St1),
   {noreply, St};
@@ -653,11 +653,18 @@ log_error(Topic, Partition, Msg, Args) ->
 log(Level, Report) ->
     logger:log(Level, Report).
 
+send_stats(#{enable_global_stats := false}, _) ->
+  ok;
 send_stats(#{client_id := ClientId, topic := Topic, partition := Partition}, Batch) ->
   {Cnt, Oct} =
     lists:foldl(fun(Msg, {C, O}) -> {C + 1, O + oct(Msg)} end, {0, 0}, Batch),
   ok = wolff_stats:sent(ClientId, Topic, Partition, #{cnt => Cnt, oct => Oct}).
 
+recv_stats(#{enable_global_stats := false}, _) ->
+  ok;
+recv_stats(#{client_id := ClientId, topic := Topic, partition := Partition}, Increments) ->
+  ok = wolff_stats:recv(ClientId, Topic, Partition, Increments).
+
 %% Estimation of size in bytes of one payload sent to Kafka.
 %% According to Kafka protocol, a v2 record consists of below fields:
 %%   Length => varint              # varint_bytes(SizeOfAllRestFields)
diff --git a/test/wolff_bench.erl b/test/wolff_bench.erl
index 0912c91..75729ad 100644
--- a/test/wolff_bench.erl
+++ b/test/wolff_bench.erl
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ start_producers(Client) ->
   ProducerCfg = #{required_acks => all_isr,
                   max_batch_bytes => 800*1000,
                   max_linger_ms => 1000,
-                  max_send_ahead => 100
+                  max_send_ahead => 100,
+                  enable_global_stats => true
                  },
   wolff:start_producers(Client, ?TOPIC, ProducerCfg).
 
diff --git a/test/wolff_supervised_tests.erl b/test/wolff_supervised_tests.erl
index 9232851..eabd95a 100644
--- a/test/wolff_supervised_tests.erl
+++ b/test/wolff_supervised_tests.erl
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ fetch(Connection, Topic, Partition, Offset, MaxBytes) ->
 client_config() -> #{}.
 
 producer_config() ->
-  #{replayq_dir => "test-data"}.
+  #{replayq_dir => "test-data",
+    enable_global_stats => true
+   }.
 
 key(Name) ->
   iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("~p/~p/~p", [Name, calendar:local_time(),
diff --git a/test/wolff_tests.erl b/test/wolff_tests.erl
index 1772c35..9cefc5e 100644
--- a/test/wolff_tests.erl
+++ b/test/wolff_tests.erl
@@ -627,7 +627,8 @@ to_old_client_state(St0) ->
 client_config() -> #{}.
 
 producer_config() ->
-  #{replayq_dir => "test-data"}.
+  #{replayq_dir => "test-data",
+    enable_global_stats => true}.
 
 key(Name) ->
   iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("~p/~p", [Name, calendar:local_time()])).