diff --git a/component/kafka/integration_test.go b/component/kafka/integration_test.go
index 84a6b8bd6..1f77b8081 100644
--- a/component/kafka/integration_test.go
+++ b/component/kafka/integration_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const (
 	failAllRetriesTopic2 = "failAllRetriesTopic2"
 	failAndRetryTopic2   = "failAndRetryTopic2"
 	broker               = "127.0.0.1:9093"
+	groupSuffix          = "-group"
 )
 
 func TestKafkaComponent_Success(t *testing.T) {
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ func TestGroupConsume_CheckTopicFailsDueToNonExistingTopic(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	invalidTopicName := "invalid-topic-name"
-	_, err := New(invalidTopicName, invalidTopicName+"-group", []string{broker},
+	_, err := New(invalidTopicName, invalidTopicName+groupSuffix, []string{broker},
 		[]string{invalidTopicName}, processorFunc, sarama.NewConfig(), WithCheckTopic())
 	require.EqualError(t, err, "topic invalid-topic-name does not exist in broker")
 }
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ func TestGroupConsume_CheckTopicFailsDueToNonExistingBroker(t *testing.T) {
 	processorFunc := func(batch Batch) error {
 		return nil
 	}
-	_, err := New(successTopic2, successTopic2+"-group", []string{"127.0.0.1:9999"},
+	_, err := New(successTopic2, successTopic2+groupSuffix, []string{"127.0.0.1:9999"},
 		[]string{successTopic2}, processorFunc, sarama.NewConfig(), WithCheckTopic())
 	require.NotNil(t, err)
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "failed to create client:")
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ func newComponent(t *testing.T, name string, retries uint, batchSize uint, proce
 	saramaCfg.Version = sarama.V2_6_0_0
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	cmp, err := New(name, name+"-group", []string{broker}, []string{name}, processorFunc,
+	cmp, err := New(name, name+groupSuffix, []string{broker}, []string{name}, processorFunc,
 		saramaCfg, WithFailureStrategy(ExitStrategy), WithBatchSize(batchSize), WithBatchTimeout(100*time.Millisecond),
 		WithRetries(retries), WithRetryWait(200*time.Millisecond), WithCommitSync(), WithCheckTopic())
 	require.NoError(t, err)