diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/com/kakao/actionbase/core/codec/ByteArrayBufferPool.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/com/kakao/actionbase/core/codec/ByteArrayBufferPool.kt
index 969625338..8a63527dc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/com/kakao/actionbase/core/codec/ByteArrayBufferPool.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/com/kakao/actionbase/core/codec/ByteArrayBufferPool.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 class ByteArrayBufferPool(
     private val pool: ConcurrentLinkedQueue<ByteArrayBuffer>,
+    private val bufferSize: Int = Constants.Codec.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
 ) {
     companion object {
         private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ByteArrayBufferPool::class.java)
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class ByteArrayBufferPool(
                 pool.add(ByteArrayBuffer(bufferSize))
             }
 
-            return ByteArrayBufferPool(pool)
+            return ByteArrayBufferPool(pool, bufferSize)
         }
 
         @JvmStatic
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class ByteArrayBufferPool(
         return value
     }
 
-    fun acquire(): ByteArrayBuffer = pool.poll()
+    fun acquire(): ByteArrayBuffer = pool.poll() ?: ByteArrayBuffer(bufferSize)
 
     fun release(buffer: ByteArrayBuffer) {
         pool.add(buffer)
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/com/kakao/actionbase/core/codec/ByteArrayBufferPoolTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/kakao/actionbase/core/codec/ByteArrayBufferPoolTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b06e1c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/kakao/actionbase/core/codec/ByteArrayBufferPoolTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.kakao.actionbase.core.codec
+
+import kotlin.test.assertContentEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertNotSame
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class ByteArrayBufferPoolTest {
+    companion object {
+        private const val BUFFER_SIZE = 64
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `use should encode with a new buffer when the pool is exhausted`() {
+        val pool = ByteArrayBufferPool.create(poolSize = 1, bufferSize = BUFFER_SIZE)
+
+        val outer =
+            pool.use { pooled ->
+                pooled.putValue(1)
+                val inner =
+                    pool.use { allocated ->
+                        assertNotSame(pooled, allocated)
+                        allocated.putValue(2).toByteArray()
+                    }
+                assertContentEquals(unpooled(2), inner)
+                pooled.toByteArray()
+            }
+
+        assertContentEquals(unpooled(1), outer)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `acquire should allocate a buffer of the pool's buffer size when the pool is exhausted`() {
+        val pool = ByteArrayBufferPool.create(poolSize = 1, bufferSize = BUFFER_SIZE)
+        val pooled = pool.acquire()
+
+        val allocated = pool.acquire()
+
+        assertNotSame(pooled, allocated)
+        assertEquals(BUFFER_SIZE, allocated.length)
+    }
+
+    private fun unpooled(value: Int): ByteArray = ByteArray(BUFFER_SIZE).buffer().putValue(value).toByteArray()
+}