diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/groupId/MainLiveTest.java b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/groupId/MainLiveTest.java
index 338ed2855f..2c48d25ca2 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/groupId/MainLiveTest.java
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/groupId/MainLiveTest.java
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.kafka.test.context.EmbeddedKafka;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 
 @SpringBootTest(classes = Main.class)
+@ActiveProfiles("groupId")
 @ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.baeldung.spring.kafka.groupId")
 @DirtiesContext
 @EmbeddedKafka(partitions = 4, topics = { "${kafka.topic.name:test-topic}" }, brokerProperties = { "listeners=PLAINTEXT://localhost:8000", "port=8000" })
diff --git a/spring-kafka-3/src/test/resources/application-groupId.properties b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/resources/application-groupId.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..648ae1b603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-3/src/test/resources/application-groupId.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers=localhost:8000