diff --git a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index efb532307516..ca957f032059 100644
--- a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-common/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ otel:
 
 spring:
   kafka:
+    bootstrap-servers: kafka:9094
     consumer:
       auto-offset-reset: earliest
     listener: