diff --git a/generate/DEFINITIONS b/generate/DEFINITIONS
index d8994d81..ec5b29c5 100644
--- a/generate/DEFINITIONS
+++ b/generate/DEFINITIONS
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ ListOffsetsRequest => key 2, max version 5
       //
       // The initial leader epoch can be determined from a MetadataResponse.
       // To skip log truncation checking, use -1.
-      CurrentLeaderEpoch: int32 // v4+
+      CurrentLeaderEpoch: int32(-1) // v4+
       // Timestamp controls which offset to return in a response for this
       // partition.
       //
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ ListOffsetsResponse =>
       Offset: int64(-1) // v1+
       // LeaderEpoch is the leader epoch of the record at this offset,
       // or -1 if there was no leader epoch.
-      LeaderEpoch: int32 // v4+
+      LeaderEpoch: int32(-1) // v4+
 
 // MetadataRequest requests metadata from Kafka.
 MetadataRequest => key 3, max version 9, flexible v9+
diff --git a/pkg/kmsg/generated.go b/pkg/kmsg/generated.go
index bbddeb5e..93f841c4 100644
--- a/pkg/kmsg/generated.go
+++ b/pkg/kmsg/generated.go
@@ -2283,6 +2283,7 @@ type ListOffsetsRequestTopicPartition struct {
 }
 
 func (v *ListOffsetsRequestTopicPartition) Default() {
+	v.CurrentLeaderEpoch = -1
 }
 
 type ListOffsetsRequestTopic struct {
@@ -2518,6 +2519,7 @@ type ListOffsetsResponseTopicPartition struct {
 func (v *ListOffsetsResponseTopicPartition) Default() {
 	v.Timestamp = -1
 	v.Offset = -1
+	v.LeaderEpoch = -1
 }
 
 type ListOffsetsResponseTopic struct {