diff --git a/.promu.yml b/.promu.yml
index b3f6bd32ba..f4c734b094 100644
--- a/.promu.yml
+++ b/.promu.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ go:
     # Whenever the Go version is updated here,
     # .circle/config.yml should also be updated.
     version: 1.23
+    cgo: true
 repository:
     path: github.com/prometheus/alertmanager
 build:
diff --git a/config/notifiers.go b/config/notifiers.go
index f83bf8d843..74ade03d57 100644
--- a/config/notifiers.go
+++ b/config/notifiers.go
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ type KafkaConfig struct {
 	BootstrapServers 	string   			`yaml:"bootstrap_servers" json:"bootstrap_servers"`
 	Topic            	string   			`yaml:"topic" json:"topic"`
 	ExtrasConfigs     	*map[string]string 	`yaml:"extras_configs" json:"extras_configs"`
-	NumberOfPartition   int      			`yaml:"number_of_partitions" json:"number_of_partitions"`
+	NumberOfPartition   int32      			`yaml:"number_of_partitions" json:"number_of_partitions"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
diff --git a/notify/kafka/kafka.go b/notify/kafka/kafka.go
index 0b1b2ea750..b3b58091b3 100644
--- a/notify/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/notify/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log/slog"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/notify"
@@ -27,15 +28,15 @@ import (
 	ckafka "github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2/kafka"
 )
 
-var nextPartition = 0
-
 // Notifier implements a Notifier for Discord notifications.
 type Notifier struct {
-	conf       *config.KafkaConfig
-	tmpl       *template.Template
-	logger     *slog.Logger
-	retrier    *notify.Retrier
-	producer   *ckafka.Producer
+	conf       		        *config.KafkaConfig
+	tmpl       		        *template.Template
+	logger     		        *slog.Logger
+	retrier    		        *notify.Retrier
+	producer   		        *ckafka.Producer
+	partitionIndex 			int32
+	partitionIndexMutex 	sync.Mutex
 }
 
 type KafkaMessage struct {
@@ -67,11 +68,22 @@ func New(c *config.KafkaConfig, l *slog.Logger) (*Notifier, error) {
 		conf:   c,
 		logger: l,
 		producer: p,
+		partitionIndex: 0,
 	}
 
 	return n, nil
 }
 
+func (n *Notifier) NextPartition() {
+	n.partitionIndexMutex.Lock()
+	defer n.partitionIndexMutex.Unlock()
+	n.partitionIndex = (n.partitionIndex + 1) % n.conf.NumberOfPartition
+}
+
+func (n *Notifier) GetPartition() int32 {
+	return n.partitionIndex
+}
+
 // Notify implements the Notifier interface.
 func (n *Notifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, as ...*types.Alert) (bool, error) {
 	n.logger.Info("Sending alert to Kafka")
@@ -89,11 +101,7 @@ func (n *Notifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, as ...*types.Alert) (bool, error)
 	}
 
 	if unflushed := n.producer.Flush(1000); unflushed == 0 {
-		nextPartition++
-		if nextPartition == n.conf.NumberOfPartition {
-			nextPartition = 0
-		}
-
+		n.NextPartition()
 		n.logger.Info("Successfully produced alert")
 		return false, nil
 	}
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ func (n *Notifier) Notify(ctx context.Context, as ...*types.Alert) (bool, error)
 
 func (n *Notifier) Produce(ctx context.Context, topic string, key string, value []byte) error {
 	return n.producer.Produce(&ckafka.Message{
-		TopicPartition: ckafka.TopicPartition{Topic: &topic, Partition: int32(nextPartition)},
+		TopicPartition: ckafka.TopicPartition{Topic: &topic, Partition: n.GetPartition()},
 		Key:            []byte(key),
 		Value:          value,
 	}, nil);