diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties
index e1a983339b..9a614cbafd 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ monitor.topic.name=baeldung
 # monitoring - simulation
 monitor.producer.simulate=true
 monitor.consumer.simulate=true
-monitor.kafka.consumer.groupid.simulate=baeldungGrpSimulate
\ No newline at end of file
+monitor.kafka.consumer.groupid.simulate=baeldungGrpSimulate
+test.topic=testtopic1