diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/base.py b/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/base.py
index 189c4cd2aafde3..2f99cb21eaa4d3 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/base.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/base.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_ui_field_behaviour(cls) -> dict[str, Any]:
             "hidden_fields": ["schema", "login", "password", "port", "host"],
             "relabeling": {"extra": "Config Dict"},
             "placeholders": {
-                "extra": '{"bootstrap.servers": "localhost:9092"}',
+                "extra": '{"bootstrap.servers": "localhost:9092", "group.id": "my-group"}',
             },
         }
 
diff --git a/airflow/utils/db.py b/airflow/utils/db.py
index b5a5c46345114a..f25594ef688385 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/db.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/db.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def create_default_connections(session: Session = NEW_SESSION):
         Connection(
             conn_id="kafka_default",
             conn_type="kafka",
-            extra=json.dumps({"bootstrap.servers": "broker:29092"}),
+            extra=json.dumps({"bootstrap.servers": "broker:29092", "group.id": "my-group"}),
         ),
         session,
     )
diff --git a/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/test_admin_client.py b/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/test_admin_client.py
index 1200a96565be56..9597456c6f704c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/test_admin_client.py
+++ b/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/hooks/test_admin_client.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from airflow.providers.apache.kafka.hooks.client import KafkaAdminClientHook
 from airflow.utils import db
 
-client_config = {"socket.timeout.ms": 1000, "bootstrap.servers": "broker:29092"}
+client_config = {"socket.timeout.ms": 1000, "bootstrap.servers": "broker:29092", "group.id": "my-group"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.integration("kafka")
diff --git a/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/operators/test_produce.py b/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/operators/test_produce.py
index be76fe5f4591fb..f2fa9358e99c4c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/operators/test_produce.py
+++ b/tests/integration/providers/apache/kafka/operators/test_produce.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class TestProduceToTopic:
     """
 
     def setup_method(self):
+        GROUP = "operator.producer.test.integration.test_1"
         db.merge_conn(
             Connection(
                 conn_id="kafka_default",
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ def setup_method(self):
                         "socket.timeout.ms": 10,
                         "message.timeout.ms": 10,
                         "bootstrap.servers": "broker:29092",
+                        "group.id": GROUP,
                     }
                 ),
             )