diff --git a/streams/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/TestTopicsTest.java b/streams/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/TestTopicsTest.java
index 9a0cc1a452f78..70e970a7602dd 100644
--- a/streams/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/TestTopicsTest.java
+++ b/streams/test-utils/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/TestTopicsTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public void setup() {
         final Properties properties = new Properties();
         properties.put(StreamsConfig.DEFAULT_KEY_SERDE_CLASS_CONFIG, Serdes.ByteArraySerde.class);
         properties.put(StreamsConfig.DEFAULT_VALUE_SERDE_CLASS_CONFIG, Serdes.ByteArraySerde.class);
-        testDriver = new TopologyTestDriver(builder.build(), properties);
+        testDriver = new TopologyTestDriverBuilder(builder.build()).withConfig(properties).build();
     }
 
     @AfterEach