diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/api/integration/ScalablePushBandwidthThrottleIntegrationTest.java b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/api/integration/ScalablePushBandwidthThrottleIntegrationTest.java
index c5abb3b1cca7..95411b3488fe 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/api/integration/ScalablePushBandwidthThrottleIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/test/java/io/confluent/ksql/api/integration/ScalablePushBandwidthThrottleIntegrationTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ public class ScalablePushBandwidthThrottleIntegrationTest {
       .withProperties(ClientTrustStore.trustStoreProps())
       .withProperty(KSQL_QUERY_PUSH_SCALABLE_ENABLED , true)
       .withProperty(KSQL_QUERY_PUSH_SCALABLE_MAX_HOURLY_BANDWIDTH_MEGABYTES_CONFIG , 1)
+      .withProperty("auto.offset.reset", "latest")
       .withProperty(KSQL_STREAMS_PREFIX + StreamsConfig.NUM_STREAM_THREADS_CONFIG, 1)
       .withProperty(KSQL_DEFAULT_KEY_FORMAT_CONFIG, "JSON")
       .build();