diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/AbstractTopicMetadataEvent.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/AbstractTopicMetadataEvent.java
index 9621e34ef5b94..cb23e6aaf2826 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/AbstractTopicMetadataEvent.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/internals/events/AbstractTopicMetadataEvent.java
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractTopicMetadataEvent extends CompletableApplicationE
     protected AbstractTopicMetadataEvent(final Type type, final long deadlineMs) {
         super(type, deadlineMs);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean requireSubscriptionMetadata() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }