diff --git a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaBroker.java b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaBroker.java
index c43cfa5423..6c00ecd497 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaBroker.java
+++ b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/EmbeddedKafkaBroker.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
  * @author Elliot Kennedy
  * @author Nakul Mishra
  * @author Pawel Lozinski
+ * @author Adrian Chlebosz
  *
  * @since 2.2
  */
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public class EmbeddedKafkaBroker implements InitializingBean, DisposableBean {
 	 */
 	public static final String BROKER_LIST_PROPERTY = "spring.embedded.kafka.brokers.property";
 
-	private static final Duration DEFAULT_ADMIN_TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(10);
+	public static final int DEFAULT_ADMIN_TIMEOUT = 10;
 
 	public static final int DEFAULT_ZK_SESSION_TIMEOUT = 18000;
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ public class EmbeddedKafkaBroker implements InitializingBean, DisposableBean {
 
 	private int[] kafkaPorts;
 
-	private Duration adminTimeout = DEFAULT_ADMIN_TIMEOUT;
+	private Duration adminTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(DEFAULT_ADMIN_TIMEOUT);
 
 	private int zkConnectionTimeout = DEFAULT_ZK_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT;
 
@@ -238,33 +239,24 @@ public EmbeddedKafkaBroker kafkaPorts(int... ports) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set an explicit port for the embedded Zookeeper.
-	 * @param port the port.
-	 * @return the {@link EmbeddedKafkaBroker}.
+	 * Set the system property with this name to the list of broker addresses.
+	 * @param brokerListProperty the brokerListProperty to set
+	 * @return this broker.
 	 * @since 2.3
 	 */
-	public EmbeddedKafkaBroker zkPort(int port) {
-		this.zkPort = port;
+	public EmbeddedKafkaBroker brokerListProperty(String brokerListProperty) {
+		this.brokerListProperty = brokerListProperty;
 		return this;
 	}
-	/**
-	 * Set the timeout in seconds for admin operations (e.g. topic creation, close).
-	 * Default 30 seconds.
-	 * @param adminTimeout the timeout.
-	 * @since 2.2
-	 */
-	public void setAdminTimeout(int adminTimeout) {
-		this.adminTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(adminTimeout);
-	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the system property with this name to the list of broker addresses.
-	 * @param brokerListProperty the brokerListProperty to set
-	 * @return this broker.
+	 * Set an explicit port for the embedded Zookeeper.
+	 * @param port the port.
+	 * @return the {@link EmbeddedKafkaBroker}.
 	 * @since 2.3
 	 */
-	public EmbeddedKafkaBroker brokerListProperty(String brokerListProperty) {
-		this.brokerListProperty = brokerListProperty;
+	public EmbeddedKafkaBroker zkPort(int port) {
+		this.zkPort = port;
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -286,6 +278,27 @@ public void setZkPort(int zkPort) {
 		this.zkPort = zkPort;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the timeout in seconds for admin operations (e.g. topic creation, close).
+	 * @param adminTimeout the timeout.
+	 * @return the {@link EmbeddedKafkaBroker}
+	 * @since 2.8.5
+	 */
+	public EmbeddedKafkaBroker adminTimeout(int adminTimeout) {
+		this.adminTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(adminTimeout);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the timeout in seconds for admin operations (e.g. topic creation, close).
+	 * Default 10 seconds.
+	 * @param adminTimeout the timeout.
+	 * @since 2.2
+	 */
+	public void setAdminTimeout(int adminTimeout) {
+		this.adminTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(adminTimeout);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set connection timeout for the client to the embedded Zookeeper.
 	 * @param zkConnectionTimeout the connection timeout,
diff --git a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/condition/EmbeddedKafkaCondition.java b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/condition/EmbeddedKafkaCondition.java
index a2a80cb305..a9cc666633 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/condition/EmbeddedKafkaCondition.java
+++ b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/condition/EmbeddedKafkaCondition.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2019-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2019-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Artem Bilan
  * @author Pawel Lozinski
+ * @author Adrian Chlebosz
  *
  * @since 2.3
  *
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ private EmbeddedKafkaBroker createBroker(EmbeddedKafka embedded) {
 				.zkPort(embedded.zookeeperPort())
 				.kafkaPorts(ports)
 				.zkConnectionTimeout(embedded.zkConnectionTimeout())
-				.zkSessionTimeout(embedded.zkSessionTimeout());
+				.zkSessionTimeout(embedded.zkSessionTimeout())
+				.adminTimeout(embedded.adminTimeout());
 		Properties properties = new Properties();
 
 		for (String pair : embedded.brokerProperties()) {
diff --git a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/context/EmbeddedKafka.java b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/context/EmbeddedKafka.java
index 12e0591bb5..3b57204b09 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/context/EmbeddedKafka.java
+++ b/spring-kafka-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/test/context/EmbeddedKafka.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2017-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2017-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Sergio Lourenco
  * @author Pawel Lozinski
+ * @author Adrian Chlebosz
  *
  * @since 1.3
  *
@@ -172,5 +173,12 @@
 	 */
 	int zkSessionTimeout() default EmbeddedKafkaBroker.DEFAULT_ZK_SESSION_TIMEOUT;
 
+	/**
+	 * Timeout in seconds for admin operations (e.g. topic creation, close).
+	 * @return default {@link EmbeddedKafkaBroker#DEFAULT_ADMIN_TIMEOUT}
+	 * @since 2.8.5
+	 */
+	int adminTimeout() default EmbeddedKafkaBroker.DEFAULT_ADMIN_TIMEOUT;
+
 }