diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessor.java b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessor.java
index 5965b0555a..b1e74ed096 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessor.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessor.java
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public class LambdaProcessor extends AbstractProcessor<Record<Event>, Record<Eve
     private final Counter numberOfRecordsFailedCounter;
     private final Timer lambdaLatencyMetric;
     private final String invocationType;
-    private final ResponseCardinality responseCardinality;
     private final List<String> tagsOnMatchFailure;
     private final BatchOptions batchOptions;
     private final BufferFactory bufferFactory;
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ public LambdaProcessor(final PluginFactory pluginFactory, final PluginMetrics pl
         this.responsePayloadMetric = pluginMetrics.gauge(RESPONSE_PAYLOAD_SIZE, new AtomicLong());
 
         functionName = lambdaProcessorConfig.getFunctionName();
-        responseCardinality = lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseCardinality();
         whenCondition = lambdaProcessorConfig.getWhenCondition();
         maxRetries = lambdaProcessorConfig.getMaxConnectionRetries();
         batchOptions = lambdaProcessorConfig.getBatchOptions();
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ public LambdaProcessor(final PluginFactory pluginFactory, final PluginMetrics pl
         bufferFactory = new InMemoryBufferFactory();
 
         // Select the correct strategy based on the configuration
-        if ((ResponseCardinality.STRICT).equals(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseCardinality())) {
+        if (lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseEventsMatch()) {
             this.responseStrategy = new StrictResponseEventHandlingStrategy();
         } else {
             this.responseStrategy = new AggregateResponseEventHandlingStrategy();
@@ -141,7 +139,8 @@ public LambdaProcessor(final PluginFactory pluginFactory, final PluginMetrics pl
         lambdaCommonHandler = new LambdaCommonHandler(LOG, lambdaAsyncClient, functionName, invocationType, bufferFactory);
         currentBufferPerBatch = lambdaCommonHandler.createBuffer(currentBufferPerBatch);
 
-        LOG.info("LambdaFunctionName:{} , responseCardinality:{}, invocationType:{}", functionName, responseCardinality.getValue(), invocationType);
+        LOG.info("LambdaFunctionName:{} , responseEventsMatch:{}, invocationType:{}", functionName,
+                lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseEventsMatch(), invocationType);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorConfig.java
index 7dfb4421ce..7c0bf52754 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorConfig.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorConfig.java
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ public class LambdaProcessorConfig {
     private InvocationType invocationType = InvocationType.REQUEST_RESPONSE;
 
     @JsonPropertyDescription("Defines the way Data Prepper treats the response from Lambda")
-    @JsonProperty("response_cardinality")
-    private ResponseCardinality responseCardinality = ResponseCardinality.STRICT;
+    @JsonProperty("response_events_match")
+    private boolean responseEventsMatch = false;
 
     @JsonPropertyDescription("sdk timeout defines the time sdk maintains the connection to the client before timing out")
     @JsonProperty("connection_timeout")
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public InvocationType getInvocationType() {
         return invocationType;
     }
 
-    public ResponseCardinality getResponseCardinality() {
-        return responseCardinality;
+    public Boolean getResponseEventsMatch() {
+        return responseEventsMatch;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/ResponseCardinality.java b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/ResponseCardinality.java
index b90b59c8a0..bc7f13489e 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/ResponseCardinality.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/ResponseCardinality.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+@Deprecated
 public enum ResponseCardinality {
     STRICT("strict"),
     AGGREGATE("aggregate");
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorTest.java
index 81d8864440..d7cdc5148b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/aws-lambda/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/lambda/processor/LambdaProcessorTest.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
         when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getFunctionName()).thenReturn("test-function");
         when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getWhenCondition()).thenReturn(null);
         when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getInvocationType()).thenReturn(InvocationType.REQUEST_RESPONSE);
-        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseCardinality()).thenReturn(ResponseCardinality.STRICT);
+        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseEventsMatch()).thenReturn(false);
         when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getAwsAuthenticationOptions()).thenReturn(awsAuthenticationOptions);
         when(awsAuthenticationOptions.getAwsRegion()).thenReturn(Region.US_EAST_1);
         when(awsAuthenticationOptions.getAwsStsRoleArn()).thenReturn("testRole");
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ public void testDoExecute_WithRecords_WhenConditionFalse() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testDoExecute_WithRecords_SuccessfulProcessing() throws Exception {
         // Arrange
+        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseEventsMatch()).thenReturn(true);
         Event event = mock(Event.class);
         Record<Event> record = new Record<>(event);
         Collection<Record<Event>> records = Collections.singletonList(record);
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ public void testHandleFailure() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testConvertLambdaResponseToEvent_WithEqualEventCounts_SuccessfulProcessing() throws Exception {
         // Arrange
+        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseEventsMatch()).thenReturn(true);
         setupTestObject();
         populatePrivateFields();
         List<Record<Event>> resultRecords = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ public void testConvertLambdaResponseToEvent_WithEqualEventCounts_SuccessfulProc
     @Test
     public void testConvertLambdaResponseToEvent_WithUnequalEventCounts_SuccessfulProcessing() throws Exception {
         // Arrange
-        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseCardinality()).thenReturn(ResponseCardinality.AGGREGATE);
+        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseEventsMatch()).thenReturn(false);
         setupTestObject();
         populatePrivateFields();
         List<Record<Event>> resultRecords = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -362,7 +364,6 @@ public void testConvertLambdaResponseToEvent_WithUnequalEventCounts_SuccessfulPr
         when(invokeResponse.payload()).thenReturn(sdkBytes);
         when(invokeResponse.statusCode()).thenReturn(200); // Success status code
         when(lambdaCommonHandler.checkStatusCode(any())).thenReturn(true);
-        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseCardinality()).thenReturn(ResponseCardinality.AGGREGATE);
         // Mock the responseCodec.parse to add three events
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
             InputStream inputStream = (InputStream) invocation.getArgument(0);
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ public void testConvertLambdaResponseToEvent_WithUnequalEventCounts_FailOn_STRIC
         when(invokeResponse.payload()).thenReturn(sdkBytes);
         when(invokeResponse.statusCode()).thenReturn(200); // Success status code
         when(lambdaCommonHandler.checkStatusCode(any())).thenReturn(true);
-        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseCardinality()).thenReturn(ResponseCardinality.STRICT);
+        when(lambdaProcessorConfig.getResponseEventsMatch()).thenReturn(true);
 
         // Mock the responseCodec.parse to add three events
         doAnswer(invocation -> {