diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/ProducerController.scala b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/ProducerController.scala
index 80222779b4..7f25e678f0 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/ProducerController.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/ProducerController.scala
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ import com.typesafe.config.Config
  * The `producerId` is used in logging and included as MDC entry with key `"producerId"`. It's propagated
  * to the `ConsumerController` and is useful for correlating log messages. It can be any `String` but it's
  * recommended to use a unique identifier of representing the producer.
+ *
+ * If the `DurableProducerQueue` is defined it is created as a child actor of the `ProducerController` actor.
+ * It will use the same dispatcher as the parent `ProducerController`.
  */
 @ApiMayChange // TODO #28719 when removing ApiMayChange consider removing `case class` for some of the messages
 object ProducerController {
diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/WorkPullingProducerController.scala b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/WorkPullingProducerController.scala
index ffdde54b0a..d34ead4cda 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/WorkPullingProducerController.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/WorkPullingProducerController.scala
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ import com.typesafe.config.Config
  * The `producerId` is used in logging and included as MDC entry with key `"producerId"`. It's propagated
  * to the `ConsumerController` and is useful for correlating log messages. It can be any `String` but it's
  * recommended to use a unique identifier of representing the producer.
+ *
+ * If the `DurableProducerQueue` is defined it is created as a child actor of the `WorkPullingProducerController` actor.
+ * `ProducerController` actors are created for each registered worker. Those child actors use the same dispatcher
+ * as the parent `WorkPullingProducerController`.
  */
 @ApiMayChange // TODO #28719 when removing ApiMayChange consider removing `case class` for some of the messages
 object WorkPullingProducerController {
diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/ProducerControllerImpl.scala b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/ProducerControllerImpl.scala
index 40d26ece1e..b1fa7cabc6 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/ProducerControllerImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/ProducerControllerImpl.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import scala.util.Success
 import akka.actor.DeadLetterSuppression
 import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.typed.Behavior
+import akka.actor.typed.DispatcherSelector
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.ConsumerController
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.ConsumerController.SequencedMessage
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.DurableProducerQueue
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ object ProducerControllerImpl {
       settings: ProducerController.Settings): Option[ActorRef[DurableProducerQueue.Command[A]]] = {
 
     durableQueueBehavior.map { b =>
-      val ref = context.spawn(b, "durable")
+      val ref = context.spawn(b, "durable", DispatcherSelector.sameAsParent())
       context.watchWith(ref, DurableQueueTerminated)
       askLoadState(context, Some(ref), settings, attempt = 1)
       ref
diff --git a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala
index 70444d90bf..a5290da946 100644
--- a/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-typed/src/main/scala/akka/actor/typed/delivery/internal/WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import scala.util.Success
 import akka.Done
 import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.typed.Behavior
+import akka.actor.typed.DispatcherSelector
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.ConsumerController
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.DurableProducerQueue
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.DurableProducerQueue.ConfirmationQualifier
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ import akka.util.Timeout
       settings: WorkPullingProducerController.Settings): Option[ActorRef[DurableProducerQueue.Command[A]]] = {
 
     durableQueueBehavior.map { b =>
-      val ref = context.spawn(b, "durable")
+      val ref = context.spawn(b, "durable", DispatcherSelector.sameAsParent())
       context.watchWith(ref, DurableQueueTerminated)
       askLoadState(context, Some(ref), settings, attempt = 1)
       ref
@@ -549,7 +550,8 @@ private class WorkPullingProducerControllerImpl[A: ClassTag](
         context.log.debug2("Registered worker [{}], with producerId [{}].", c, outKey)
         val p = context.spawn(
           ProducerController[A](outKey, durableQueueBehavior = None, settings.producerControllerSettings),
-          uuid)
+          uuid,
+          DispatcherSelector.sameAsParent())
         p ! ProducerController.Start(workerRequestNextAdapter)
         p ! ProducerController.RegisterConsumer(c)
         acc.copy(out = acc.out.updated(outKey, OutState(p, c, 0L, Vector.empty, None)))
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/ShardingProducerController.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/ShardingProducerController.scala
index ca84d81eb6..e7716e75b4 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/ShardingProducerController.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/ShardingProducerController.scala
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ import com.typesafe.config.Config
  * The `producerId` is used in logging and included as MDC entry with key `"producerId"`. It's propagated
  * to the `ConsumerController` and is useful for correlating log messages. It can be any `String` but it's
  * recommended to use a unique identifier of representing the producer.
+ *
+ * If the `DurableProducerQueue` is defined it is created as a child actor of the `ShardingProducerController` actor.
+ * `ProducerController` actors are created for each destination entity. Those child actors use the same dispatcher
+ * as the parent `ShardingProducerController`.
  */
 @ApiMayChange // TODO #28719 when removing ApiMayChange consider removing `case class` for some of the messages
 object ShardingProducerController {
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingConsumerControllerImpl.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingConsumerControllerImpl.scala
index cda803f069..a95a7e3627 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingConsumerControllerImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingConsumerControllerImpl.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package akka.cluster.sharding.typed.delivery.internal
 
 import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.typed.Behavior
+import akka.actor.typed.DispatcherSelector
 import akka.actor.typed.Terminated
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.ConsumerController
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.internal.ConsumerControllerImpl
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ private class ShardingConsumerControllerImpl[A](
               context.log.debug("Starting ConsumerController for producerId [{}].", seqMsg.producerId)
               val cc = context.spawn(
                 ConsumerController[A](settings.consumerControllerSettings),
-                s"consumerController-${seqMsg.producerId}")
+                s"consumerController-${seqMsg.producerId}",
+                DispatcherSelector.sameAsParent())
               context.watch(cc)
               cc ! ConsumerController.Start(deliverTo)
               cc ! seqMsg
diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingProducerControllerImpl.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingProducerControllerImpl.scala
index 878ea438c4..3b1665fba0 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingProducerControllerImpl.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding-typed/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/typed/delivery/internal/ShardingProducerControllerImpl.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import scala.util.Success
 import akka.Done
 import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.typed.Behavior
+import akka.actor.typed.DispatcherSelector
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.ConsumerController
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.DurableProducerQueue
 import akka.actor.typed.delivery.DurableProducerQueue.ConfirmationQualifier
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ import akka.util.Timeout
       settings: ShardingProducerController.Settings): Option[ActorRef[DurableProducerQueue.Command[A]]] = {
 
     durableQueueBehavior.map { b =>
-      val ref = context.spawn(b, "durable")
+      val ref = context.spawn(b, "durable", DispatcherSelector.sameAsParent())
       context.watchWith(ref, DurableQueueTerminated)
       askLoadState(context, Some(ref), settings, attempt = 1)
       ref
@@ -332,7 +333,8 @@ private class ShardingProducerControllerImpl[A: ClassTag](
             }
             val p = context.spawn(
               ProducerController[A](outKey, durableQueueBehavior = None, settings.producerControllerSettings, send),
-              entityId)
+              entityId,
+              DispatcherSelector.sameAsParent())
             p ! ProducerController.Start(requestNextAdapter)
             s.copy(
               out = s.out.updated(