diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6c3d16ce..053b4b46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <name>Salesforce plugins</name>
   <groupId>io.cdap.plugin</groupId>
   <artifactId>salesforce-plugins</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.6.8</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>Salesforce Plugins</description>
   <url>https://github.com/data-integrations/salesforce</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/SalesforceWideRecordReader.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/SalesforceWideRecordReader.java
index cb57385c..e7eaec5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/SalesforceWideRecordReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/SalesforceWideRecordReader.java
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ public void initialize(InputSplit inputSplit, TaskAttemptContext taskAttemptCont
   public SalesforceWideRecordReader initialize(
       InputSplit inputSplit, AuthenticatorCredentials credentials)
       throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-    List<Map<String, ?>> fetchedIdList = fetchBulkQueryIds(inputSplit, null);
+    // Use default configurations of BulkRecordReader.
+    super.initialize(inputSplit, credentials);
+
+    List<Map<String, ?>> fetchedIdList = fetchBulkQueryIds();
     LOG.debug("Number of records received from batch job for wide object: '{}'", fetchedIdList.size());
 
     try {
@@ -84,12 +87,18 @@ public SalesforceWideRecordReader initialize(
         Lists.partition(fetchedIdList, SalesforceSourceConstants.WIDE_QUERY_MAX_BATCH_COUNT);
       LOG.debug("Number of partitions to be fetched for wide object: '{}'", partitions.size());
 
+      // Process partitions with batches sized to adhere to API limits and optimize memory usage.
+      // [CDAP]TODO: Address issues while handling large datasets.
       results = partitions.parallelStream()
-        .map(this::getSObjectIds)
-        .map(sObjectIds -> fetchPartition(partnerConnection, fields, sObjectName, sObjectIds))
-        .flatMap(Arrays::stream)
-        .map(sObject -> transformer.transformToMap(sObject, sObjectDescriptor))
-        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+          .flatMap(partition -> processPartition(partnerConnection, fields, sObjectName,
+              partition, sObjectDescriptor).stream())
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+      if (results == null) {
+        LOG.warn("Result list is null after processing partitions.");
+        results = new ArrayList<>();
+      }
+
       return this;
     } catch (ConnectionException e) {
       String errorMessage = SalesforceConnectionUtil.getSalesforceErrorMessageFromException(e);
@@ -123,15 +132,10 @@ public float getProgress() {
   /**
    * Fetches single entry map (Id -> SObjectId_value) values received from Bulk API.
    *
-   * @param inputSplit         specifies batch details
-   * @param taskAttemptContext task context
-   * @return list of single entry Map
    * @throws IOException          can be due error during reading query
-   * @throws InterruptedException interrupted sleep while waiting for batch results
    */
-  private List<Map<String, ?>> fetchBulkQueryIds(InputSplit inputSplit, TaskAttemptContext taskAttemptContext)
-    throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-    super.initialize(inputSplit, taskAttemptContext);
+  private List<Map<String, ?>> fetchBulkQueryIds()
+    throws IOException {
     List<Map<String, ?>> fetchedIdList = new ArrayList<>();
     while (super.nextKeyValue()) {
       fetchedIdList.add(super.getCurrentValue());
@@ -181,4 +185,37 @@ private SObject[] fetchPartition(PartnerConnection partnerConnection, String fie
         e);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Processes a partition of SObject records by dividing the IDs into smaller batches,
+   * retrieving the corresponding records from Salesforce, and transforming them into maps.
+   *
+   * @param partnerConnection the Salesforce partner connection used for retrieving data.
+   * @param fields the fields to be retrieved for each SObject.
+   * @param sObjectName the name of the Salesforce object (e.g., Account, Lead).
+   * @param partition the partition containing the ID records to be processed.
+   * @param sObjectDescriptor descriptor containing the structure of the SObject.
+   * @return result from partitions
+   */
+  private List<Map<String, ?>> processPartition(PartnerConnection partnerConnection, String fields, String sObjectName,
+                                                List<Map<String, ?>> partition, SObjectDescriptor sObjectDescriptor) {
+    List<Map<String, ?>> partitionResults = new ArrayList<>();
+     // Divide the list of SObject Ids into smaller batches to avoid exceeding retrieve id limits.
+
+    /* see more - https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.salesforce_app_limits_cheatsheet.meta/
+    salesforce_app_limits_cheatsheet/salesforce_app_limits_platform_apicalls.htm */
+    List<List<String>> idBatches = Lists.partition(
+        Arrays.asList(getSObjectIds(partition)), SalesforceSourceConstants.RETRIEVE_MAX_BATCH_COUNT);
+
+    // Iterate over each batch of Ids to fetch the records.
+    idBatches.forEach(idBatch -> {
+      SObject[] fetchedObjects = fetchPartition(
+          partnerConnection, fields, sObjectName, idBatch.toArray(new String[0]));
+      Arrays.stream(fetchedObjects)
+          .map(sObject -> transformer.transformToMap(sObject, sObjectDescriptor))
+          .forEach(partitionResults::add);
+    });
+
+    return partitionResults;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/util/SalesforceSourceConstants.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/util/SalesforceSourceConstants.java
index 6967de85..3af38f5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/util/SalesforceSourceConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/plugin/source/batch/util/SalesforceSourceConstants.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class SalesforceSourceConstants {
   public static final String CONFIG_RETRY_REQUIRED = "mapred.salesforce.retryOnBackendError";
 
   public static final int WIDE_QUERY_MAX_BATCH_COUNT = 2000;
+  public static final int RETRIEVE_MAX_BATCH_COUNT = 2000;
   // https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_asynch.meta/api_asynch/
   // async_api_headers_enable_pk_chunking.htm
   public static final int MAX_PK_CHUNK_SIZE = 250000;