diff --git a/changelog.d/24281_blackhole_sink_acknowledgements.fix.md b/changelog.d/24281_blackhole_sink_acknowledgements.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d6b5c58b9cf1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/24281_blackhole_sink_acknowledgements.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed the blackhole sink to properly implement end-to-end acknowledgements. Previously, the sink consumed events without updating finalizer status, causing sources that depend on acknowledgements (like `aws_s3` with SQS) to never delete processed messages from the queue.
+
+authors: sanjams2
diff --git a/src/sinks/blackhole/mod.rs b/src/sinks/blackhole/mod.rs
index 9d9046e208fde..d82a1c14bd89b 100644
--- a/src/sinks/blackhole/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/blackhole/mod.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ mod tests {
             blackhole::{config::BlackholeConfig, sink::BlackholeSink},
         },
         test_util::{
-            components::run_and_assert_nonsending_sink_compliance, random_events_with_stream,
+            components::{SINK_TAGS, run_and_assert_sink_compliance},
+            random_events_with_stream,
         },
     };
 
@@ -29,6 +30,6 @@ mod tests {
         let sink = VectorSink::Stream(Box::new(sink));
 
         let (_input_lines, events) = random_events_with_stream(100, 10, None);
-        run_and_assert_nonsending_sink_compliance(sink, events, &[]).await;
+        run_and_assert_sink_compliance(sink, events, &SINK_TAGS).await;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sinks/blackhole/sink.rs b/src/sinks/blackhole/sink.rs
index 8c934101545eb..ff0744913cc8b 100644
--- a/src/sinks/blackhole/sink.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/blackhole/sink.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use vector_lib::{
 };
 
 use crate::{
-    event::{EventArray, EventContainer},
+    event::{EventArray, EventContainer, EventStatus, Finalizable},
     sinks::{blackhole::config::BlackholeConfig, util::StreamSink},
 };
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl StreamSink<EventArray> for BlackholeSink {
             });
         }
 
-        while let Some(events) = input.next().await {
+        while let Some(mut events) = input.next().await {
             if let Some(rate) = self.config.rate {
                 let factor: f32 = 1.0 / rate as f32;
                 let secs: f32 = factor * (events.len() as f32);
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ impl StreamSink<EventArray> for BlackholeSink {
                 .total_raw_bytes
                 .fetch_add(message_len.get(), Ordering::AcqRel);
 
+            let finalizers = events.take_finalizers();
+            finalizers.update_status(EventStatus::Delivered);
+
             events_sent.emit(CountByteSize(events.len(), message_len));
             bytes_sent.emit(ByteSize(message_len.get()));
         }