diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaConsumerConfig.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaConsumerConfig.java
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index 0000000000..557fa11ed3
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+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaConsumerConfig.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.ConsumerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonDeserializer;
+
+@Configuration
+public class KafkaConsumerConfig {
+
+    @Value(value = "${spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers}")
+    private String bootstrapServers;
+
+    @Bean
+    public ConsumerFactory<String, Payment> consumerFactory() {
+        Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<>();
+        config.put(ConsumerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrapServers);
+
+        return new DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<>(config, new StringDeserializer(), new JsonDeserializer<>(Payment.class));
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, Payment> containerFactory() {
+        ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, Payment> factory = new ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<>();
+        factory.setConsumerFactory(consumerFactory());
+        return factory;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltApplication.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltApplication.java
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index 0000000000..7aa2e3cdb8
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+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.EnableKafka;
+
+@EnableKafka
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class KafkaDltApplication {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(KafkaDltApplication.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaRetryConfig.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaRetryConfig.java
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index 0000000000..35a2b31168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaRetryConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaProducerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.ProducerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonSerializer;
+
+@Configuration
+public class KafkaRetryConfig {
+
+    @Value(value = "${spring.kafka.bootstrap-servers}")
+    private String bootstrapServers;
+
+    @Bean
+    public ProducerFactory<String, Payment> producerFactory() {
+        Map<String, Object> config = new HashMap<>();
+        config.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, bootstrapServers);
+
+        return new DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<>(config, new StringSerializer(), new JsonSerializer<>());
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public KafkaTemplate<String, Payment> retryableTopicKafkaTemplate() {
+        return new KafkaTemplate<>(producerFactory());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/Payment.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/Payment.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1554c1671b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/Payment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Currency;
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
+
+public class Payment {
+    private String reference;
+    private BigDecimal amount;
+    private Currency currency;
+
+    public String getReference() {
+        return reference;
+    }
+
+    public void setReference(String reference) {
+        this.reference = reference;
+    }
+
+    public BigDecimal getAmount() {
+        return amount;
+    }
+
+    public void setAmount(BigDecimal amount) {
+        this.amount = amount;
+    }
+
+    public Currency getCurrency() {
+        return currency;
+    }
+
+    public void setCurrency(Currency currency) {
+        this.currency = currency;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return new StringJoiner(", ", Payment.class.getSimpleName() + "[", "]").add("reference='" + reference + "'")
+            .add("amount=" + amount)
+            .add("currency=" + currency)
+            .toString();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerDltFailOnError.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerDltFailOnError.java
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index 0000000000..c407310074
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+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerDltFailOnError.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.listener;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.DltHandler;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.RetryableTopic;
+import org.springframework.kafka.retrytopic.DltStrategy;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.KafkaHeaders;
+import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.Header;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.Payment;
+
+@Service
+public class PaymentListenerDltFailOnError {
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PaymentListenerDltFailOnError.class);
+
+    @RetryableTopic(attempts = "1", kafkaTemplate = "retryableTopicKafkaTemplate", dltStrategy = DltStrategy.FAIL_ON_ERROR)
+    @KafkaListener(topics = { "payments-fail-on-error-dlt" }, groupId = "payments")
+    public void handlePayment(Payment payment, @Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_TOPIC) String topic) {
+        log.info("Event on main topic={}, payload={}", topic, payment);
+    }
+
+    @DltHandler
+    public void handleDltPayment(Payment payment, @Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_TOPIC) String topic) {
+        log.info("Event on dlt topic={}, payload={}", topic, payment);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerDltRetryOnError.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerDltRetryOnError.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c6666c938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerDltRetryOnError.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.listener;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.DltHandler;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.RetryableTopic;
+import org.springframework.kafka.retrytopic.DltStrategy;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.KafkaHeaders;
+import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.Header;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.Payment;
+
+@Service
+public class PaymentListenerDltRetryOnError {
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PaymentListenerDltRetryOnError.class);
+
+    @RetryableTopic(attempts = "1", kafkaTemplate = "retryableTopicKafkaTemplate", dltStrategy = DltStrategy.ALWAYS_RETRY_ON_ERROR)
+    @KafkaListener(topics = { "payments-retry-on-error-dlt" }, groupId = "payments")
+    public void handlePayment(Payment payment, @Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_TOPIC) String topic) {
+        log.info("Event on main topic={}, payload={}", topic, payment);
+    }
+
+    @DltHandler
+    public void handleDltPayment(Payment payment, @Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_TOPIC) String topic) {
+        log.info("Event on dlt topic={}, payload={}", topic, payment);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerNoDlt.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerNoDlt.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a12d423b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/listener/PaymentListenerNoDlt.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.listener;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.DltHandler;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.RetryableTopic;
+import org.springframework.kafka.retrytopic.DltStrategy;
+import org.springframework.kafka.support.KafkaHeaders;
+import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.Header;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.Payment;
+
+@Service
+public class PaymentListenerNoDlt {
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PaymentListenerNoDlt.class);
+
+    @RetryableTopic(attempts = "1", kafkaTemplate = "retryableTopicKafkaTemplate", dltStrategy = DltStrategy.NO_DLT)
+    @KafkaListener(topics = { "payments-no-dlt" }, groupId = "payments")
+    public void handlePayment(Payment payment, @Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_TOPIC) String topic) {
+        log.info("Event on main topic={}, payload={}", topic, payment);
+    }
+
+    @DltHandler
+    public void handleDltPayment(Payment payment, @Header(KafkaHeaders.RECEIVED_TOPIC) String topic) {
+        log.info("Event on dlt topic={}, payload={}", topic, payment);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltFailOnErrorIntegrationTest.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltFailOnErrorIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b20ee2ea12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltFailOnErrorIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import static com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.PaymentTestUtils.createPayment;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean;
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.listener.MessageListenerContainer;
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.context.EmbeddedKafka;
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.ContainerTestUtils;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.listener.PaymentListenerDltFailOnError;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = KafkaDltApplication.class)
+@EmbeddedKafka(partitions = 1, brokerProperties = { "listeners=PLAINTEXT://localhost:9099", "port=9099" })
+public class KafkaDltFailOnErrorIntegrationTest {
+    private static final String TOPIC = "payments-fail-on-error-dlt";
+
+    @Autowired
+    private KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private KafkaTemplate<String, Payment> kafkaProducer;
+
+    @SpyBean
+    private PaymentListenerDltFailOnError paymentsConsumer;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        // wait for embedded Kafka
+        for (MessageListenerContainer messageListenerContainer : kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry.getListenerContainers()) {
+            ContainerTestUtils.waitForAssignment(messageListenerContainer, 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMainConsumerSucceeds_thenNoDltMessage() throws Exception {
+        CountDownLatch mainTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            mainTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            return null;
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handlePayment(any(), any());
+
+        kafkaProducer.send(TOPIC, createPayment("dlt-fail-main"));
+
+        assertThat(mainTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        verify(paymentsConsumer, never()).handleDltPayment(any(), any());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDltConsumerFails_thenDltProcessingStops() throws Exception {
+        CountDownLatch mainTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        CountDownLatch dlTTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(2);
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            mainTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            throw new Exception("Simulating error in main consumer");
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handlePayment(any(), any());
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            dlTTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            throw new Exception("Simulating error in dlt consumer");
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handleDltPayment(any(), any());
+
+        kafkaProducer.send(TOPIC, createPayment("dlt-fail"));
+
+        assertThat(mainTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(dlTTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(dlTTopicCountDownLatch.getCount()).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltRetryOnErrorIntegrationTest.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltRetryOnErrorIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..393eb2ae46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaDltRetryOnErrorIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import static com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.PaymentTestUtils.createPayment;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean;
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.listener.MessageListenerContainer;
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.context.EmbeddedKafka;
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.ContainerTestUtils;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.listener.PaymentListenerDltRetryOnError;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = KafkaDltApplication.class)
+@EmbeddedKafka(partitions = 1, brokerProperties = { "listeners=PLAINTEXT://localhost:9099", "port=9099" })
+public class KafkaDltRetryOnErrorIntegrationTest {
+    private static final String TOPIC = "payments-retry-on-error-dlt";
+
+    @Autowired
+    private KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private KafkaTemplate<String, Payment> kafkaProducer;
+
+    @SpyBean
+    private PaymentListenerDltRetryOnError paymentsConsumer;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        // wait for embedded Kafka
+        for (MessageListenerContainer messageListenerContainer : kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry.getListenerContainers()) {
+            ContainerTestUtils.waitForAssignment(messageListenerContainer, 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMainConsumerSucceeds_thenNoDltMessage() throws Exception {
+        CountDownLatch mainTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            mainTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            return null;
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handlePayment(any(), any());
+
+        kafkaProducer.send(TOPIC, createPayment("dlt-retry-main"));
+
+        assertThat(mainTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        verify(paymentsConsumer, never()).handleDltPayment(any(), any());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenDltConsumerFails_thenDltConsumerRetriesMessage() throws Exception {
+        CountDownLatch mainTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        CountDownLatch dlTTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(3);
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            mainTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            throw new Exception("Simulating error in main consumer");
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handlePayment(any(), any());
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            dlTTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            throw new Exception("Simulating error in dlt consumer");
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handleDltPayment(any(), any());
+
+        kafkaProducer.send(TOPIC, createPayment("dlt-retry"));
+
+        assertThat(mainTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(dlTTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(dlTTopicCountDownLatch.getCount()).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaNoDltIntegrationTest.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaNoDltIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81cca9fec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/KafkaNoDltIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import static com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.PaymentTestUtils.createPayment;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean;
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.kafka.listener.MessageListenerContainer;
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.context.EmbeddedKafka;
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.ContainerTestUtils;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt.listener.PaymentListenerNoDlt;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = KafkaDltApplication.class)
+@EmbeddedKafka(partitions = 1, brokerProperties = { "listeners=PLAINTEXT://localhost:9099", "port=9099" })
+public class KafkaNoDltIntegrationTest {
+    private static final String TOPIC = "payments-no-dlt";
+
+    @Autowired
+    private KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private KafkaTemplate<String, Payment> kafkaProducer;
+
+    @SpyBean
+    private PaymentListenerNoDlt paymentsConsumer;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        // wait for embedded Kafka
+        for (MessageListenerContainer messageListenerContainer : kafkaListenerEndpointRegistry.getListenerContainers()) {
+            ContainerTestUtils.waitForAssignment(messageListenerContainer, 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMainConsumerSucceeds_thenNoDltMessage() throws Exception {
+        CountDownLatch mainTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            mainTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            return null;
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handlePayment(any(), any());
+
+        kafkaProducer.send(TOPIC, createPayment("no-dlt-main"));
+
+        assertThat(mainTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        verify(paymentsConsumer, never()).handleDltPayment(any(), any());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMainConsumerFails_thenDltConsumerDoesNotReceiveMessage() throws Exception {
+        CountDownLatch mainTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        CountDownLatch dlTTopicCountDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            mainTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            throw new Exception("Simulating error in main consumer");
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handlePayment(any(), any());
+
+        doAnswer(invocation -> {
+            dlTTopicCountDownLatch.countDown();
+            return null;
+        }).when(paymentsConsumer)
+            .handleDltPayment(any(), any());
+
+        kafkaProducer.send(TOPIC, createPayment("no-dlt"));
+
+        assertThat(mainTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(dlTTopicCountDownLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isFalse();
+        assertThat(dlTTopicCountDownLatch.getCount()).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/PaymentTestUtils.java b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/PaymentTestUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b8a574779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-kafka-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/kafka/dlt/PaymentTestUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.kafka.dlt;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Currency;
+
+class PaymentTestUtils {
+
+    static Payment createPayment(String reference) {
+        Payment payment = new Payment();
+        payment.setAmount(BigDecimal.valueOf(71));
+        payment.setCurrency(Currency.getInstance("GBP"));
+        payment.setReference(reference);
+        return payment;
+    }
+}
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