diff --git a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java
index 1600561f3f1efb..62b36e7d1e90b0 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaAdminClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.kafka.client.runtime;
 
+import static io.quarkus.kafka.client.runtime.KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer.TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY;
+
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -33,8 +35,10 @@ void init() {
         Map<String, Object> conf = new HashMap<>();
         conf.put(AdminClientConfig.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, DEFAULT_ADMIN_CLIENT_TIMEOUT);
         for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : config.entrySet()) {
-            if (AdminClientConfig.configNames().contains(entry.getKey())) {
-                conf.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().toString());
+            String key = entry.getKey();
+            // include TLS config name if it has been configured
+            if (TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY.equals(key) || AdminClientConfig.configNames().contains(key)) {
+                conf.put(key, entry.getValue().toString());
             }
         }
         client = AdminClient.create(conf);
diff --git a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer.java b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer.java
index 7490541fc174d9..ff679cd61c80e1 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/runtime/KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 @Singleton
 public class KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer {
 
+    public static final String TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY = "tls-configuration-name";
+
     // not "kafka.", because we also inspect env vars, which start with "KAFKA_"
     private static final String CONFIG_PREFIX = "kafka";
     private static final String UI_CONFIG_PREFIX = CONFIG_PREFIX + ".ui";
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> createKafkaRuntimeConfig(Config config, ApplicationCo
                     .replace("_", ".");
             String value = config.getOptionalValue(propertyName, String.class).orElse("");
             result.put(effectivePropertyName, value);
-            if (effectivePropertyName.equals("tls-configuration-name")) {
+            if (effectivePropertyName.equals(TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY)) {
                 result.put("ssl.engine.factory.class", QuarkusKafkaSslEngineFactory.class.getName());
             }
         }
diff --git a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/tls/QuarkusKafkaSslEngineFactory.java b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/tls/QuarkusKafkaSslEngineFactory.java
index 42aab3be3e781e..1ebd9d795aed19 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/tls/QuarkusKafkaSslEngineFactory.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-client/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/client/tls/QuarkusKafkaSslEngineFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.quarkus.kafka.client.tls;
 
+import static io.quarkus.kafka.client.runtime.KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer.TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -92,7 +94,11 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
 
     @Override
     public void configure(Map<String, ?> configs) {
-        String tlsConfigName = (String) configs.get("tls-configuration-name");
+        String tlsConfigName = (String) configs.get(TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY);
+        if (tlsConfigName == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "The 'tls-configuration-name' property is required for Kafka Quarkus TLS Registry integration.");
+        }
 
         Instance<TlsConfigurationRegistry> tlsConfig = CDI.current().getBeanManager().createInstance()
                 .select(TlsConfigurationRegistry.class);
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ public void configure(Map<String, ?> configs) {
      * @param configs the Kafka client configuration
      */
     public static void checkForOtherSslConfigs(Map<String, ?> configs) {
-        String tlsConfigName = (String) configs.get("tls-configuration-name");
+        String tlsConfigName = (String) configs.get(TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY);
         for (String sslConfig : KAFKA_SSL_CONFIGS) {
             if (configs.containsKey(sslConfig)) {
                 log.warnf(
diff --git a/extensions/kafka-streams/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/runtime/KafkaStreamsProducer.java b/extensions/kafka-streams/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/runtime/KafkaStreamsProducer.java
index 604017f8315911..570ab735c8f076 100644
--- a/extensions/kafka-streams/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/runtime/KafkaStreamsProducer.java
+++ b/extensions/kafka-streams/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/kafka/streams/runtime/KafkaStreamsProducer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.kafka.streams.runtime;
 
+import static io.quarkus.kafka.client.runtime.KafkaRuntimeConfigProducer.TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY;
 import static io.quarkus.kafka.streams.runtime.KafkaStreamsRuntimeConfig.DEFAULT_KAFKA_BROKER;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -362,6 +363,10 @@ private static void waitForTopicsToBeCreated(Admin adminClient, Collection<Strin
 
     private static Properties getAdminClientConfig(Properties properties) {
         Properties adminClientConfig = new Properties(properties);
+        // include TLS config name if it has been configured
+        if (properties.containsKey(TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY)) {
+            adminClientConfig.put(TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY, properties.get(TLS_CONFIG_NAME_KEY));
+        }
         // include other AdminClientConfig(s) that have been configured
         for (final String knownAdminClientConfig : AdminClientConfig.configNames()) {
             // give preference to admin.<propname> first
diff --git a/integration-tests/kafka-ssl/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/ssl/SslKafkaEndpoint.java b/integration-tests/kafka-ssl/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/ssl/SslKafkaEndpoint.java
index 8f1f00f7df0853..0a6fff74a6c50c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/kafka-ssl/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/ssl/SslKafkaEndpoint.java
+++ b/integration-tests/kafka-ssl/src/main/java/io/quarkus/it/kafka/ssl/SslKafkaEndpoint.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.IntegerDeserializer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;
 
+import io.quarkus.kafka.client.runtime.KafkaAdminClient;
 import io.smallrye.common.annotation.Identifier;
 
 /**
@@ -29,8 +31,13 @@ public class SslKafkaEndpoint {
     @Identifier("default-kafka-broker")
     Map<String, Object> kafkaConfig;
 
+    @Inject
+    KafkaAdminClient adminClient;
+
     @GET
-    public String get(@QueryParam("format") CertificateFormat format) {
+    public String get(@QueryParam("format") CertificateFormat format) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        // prevent admin client to be removed
+        adminClient.getTopics();
         Consumer<Integer, String> consumer = createConsumer(format);
         final ConsumerRecords<Integer, String> records = consumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(60000));
         if (records.isEmpty()) {