diff --git a/gms/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/factory/KafkaEventProducerFactory.java b/gms/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/factory/KafkaEventProducerFactory.java
index ad1d4febc6..56d2842dd3 100644
--- a/gms/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/factory/KafkaEventProducerFactory.java
+++ b/gms/factories/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/factory/KafkaEventProducerFactory.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(KafkaProperties.class)
 public class KafkaEventProducerFactory {
 
-  @Value("${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER}")
+  @Value("${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER:http://localhost:9092}")
   private String kafkaBootstrapServers;
 
   @Value("${KAFKA_SCHEMAREGISTRY_URL:http://localhost:8081}")
diff --git a/metadata-jobs/mae-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java b/metadata-jobs/mae-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java
index 901a117a7c..2b6e6e17b4 100644
--- a/metadata-jobs/mae-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java
+++ b/metadata-jobs/mae-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory;
 @Slf4j
 @Configuration
 public class KafkaConfig {
-  @Value("${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER}")
+  @Value("${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER:http://localhost:9092}")
   private String kafkaBootstrapServer;
   @Value("${KAFKA_SCHEMAREGISTRY_URL:http://localhost:8081}")
   private String kafkaSchemaRegistryUrl;
diff --git a/metadata-jobs/mce-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java b/metadata-jobs/mce-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java
index 7b0c0c068c..98e9e236a5 100644
--- a/metadata-jobs/mce-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java
+++ b/metadata-jobs/mce-consumer-job/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/kafka/config/KafkaConfig.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.kafka.listener.ErrorHandler;
 @Slf4j
 @Configuration
 public class KafkaConfig {
-  @Value("${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER}")
+  @Value("${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER:http://localhost:9092}")
   private String kafkaBootstrapServers;
   @Value("${KAFKA_SCHEMAREGISTRY_URL:http://localhost:8081}")
   private String kafkaSchemaRegistryUrl;