diff --git a/variants/scale-1-ephemeral/kafka-scale1-overrides.json b/variants/scale-1-ephemeral/kafka-scale1-overrides.json
index 14e41745..d9d03749 100644
--- a/variants/scale-1-ephemeral/kafka-scale1-overrides.json
+++ b/variants/scale-1-ephemeral/kafka-scale1-overrides.json
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
   {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
   {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "default.replication.factor=1"},
   {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
-  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "min.insync.replicas=1"}
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "min.insync.replicas=1"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "offsets.topic.replication.factor=1"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "offsets.topic.num.partitions=1"}
 ]
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diff --git a/variants/scale-1/kafka-scale1-overrides.json b/variants/scale-1/kafka-scale1-overrides.json
index 14e41745..d9d03749 100644
--- a/variants/scale-1/kafka-scale1-overrides.json
+++ b/variants/scale-1/kafka-scale1-overrides.json
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
   {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
   {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "default.replication.factor=1"},
   {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
-  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "min.insync.replicas=1"}
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "min.insync.replicas=1"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "offsets.topic.replication.factor=1"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "--override"},
+  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/template/spec/containers/0/command/-", "value": "offsets.topic.num.partitions=1"}
 ]
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