diff --git a/external/kafka-0-10-sql/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaTestUtils.scala b/external/kafka-0-10-sql/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaTestUtils.scala
index 2ce2760b7f463..f86b8f586d2a0 100644
--- a/external/kafka-0-10-sql/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaTestUtils.scala
+++ b/external/kafka-0-10-sql/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/kafka010/KafkaTestUtils.scala
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ class KafkaTestUtils(withBrokerProps: Map[String, Object] = Map.empty) extends L
     props.put("log.flush.interval.messages", "1")
     props.put("replica.socket.timeout.ms", "1500")
     props.put("delete.topic.enable", "true")
+    props.put("offsets.topic.num.partitions", "1")
     props.putAll(withBrokerProps.asJava)
     props
   }