diff --git a/kstreamplify-core-test/src/main/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/KafkaStreamsStarterTest.java b/kstreamplify-core-test/src/main/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/KafkaStreamsStarterTest.java
index 9b16eb4..cc6acf9 100644
--- a/kstreamplify-core-test/src/main/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/KafkaStreamsStarterTest.java
+++ b/kstreamplify-core-test/src/main/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/KafkaStreamsStarterTest.java
@@ -133,10 +133,35 @@ void generalTearDown() throws IOException {
      * @param <V>            The serializable type of the value
      * @return The corresponding TestInputTopic
      */
+    protected <K, V> TestInputTopic<K, V> createInputTestTopic(TopicWithSerde<K, V> topicWithSerde) {
+        return this.testDriver.createInputTopic(
+                topicWithSerde.getUnPrefixedName(),
+                topicWithSerde.getKeySerde().serializer(),
+                topicWithSerde.getValueSerde().serializer()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an input test topic on the testDriver using the provided topicWithSerde.
+     *
+     * @param topicWithSerde The topic with serde used to crete the test topic
+     * @param <K>            The serializable type of the key
+     * @param <V>            The serializable type of the value
+     * @return The corresponding TestInputTopic
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #createInputTestTopic(TopicWithSerde)}
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.1.0")
     protected <K, V> TestInputTopic<K, V> createInputTestTopic(
-        TopicWithSerde<K, V> topicWithSerde) {
-        return this.testDriver.createInputTopic(topicWithSerde.getUnPrefixedName(),
-            topicWithSerde.getKeySerde().serializer(), topicWithSerde.getValueSerde().serializer());
+            com.michelin.kstreamplify.utils.TopicWithSerde<K, V> topicWithSerde
+    ) {
+        return createInputTestTopic(
+            new TopicWithSerde<>(
+                topicWithSerde.getUnPrefixedName(),
+                topicWithSerde.getKeySerde(),
+                topicWithSerde.getValueSerde()
+            )
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -147,10 +172,34 @@ protected <K, V> TestInputTopic<K, V> createInputTestTopic(
      * @param <V>            The serializable type of the value
      * @return The corresponding TestOutputTopic
      */
+    protected <K, V> TestOutputTopic<K, V> createOutputTestTopic(TopicWithSerde<K, V> topicWithSerde) {
+        return this.testDriver.createOutputTopic(
+                topicWithSerde.getUnPrefixedName(),
+                topicWithSerde.getKeySerde().deserializer(),
+                topicWithSerde.getValueSerde().deserializer()
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an output test topic on the testDriver using the provided topicWithSerde.
+     *
+     * @param topicWithSerde The topic with serde used to crete the test topic
+     * @param <K>            The serializable type of the key
+     * @param <V>            The serializable type of the value
+     * @return The corresponding TestOutputTopic
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #createOutputTestTopic(TopicWithSerde)}
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.1.0")
     protected <K, V> TestOutputTopic<K, V> createOutputTestTopic(
-        TopicWithSerde<K, V> topicWithSerde) {
-        return this.testDriver.createOutputTopic(topicWithSerde.getUnPrefixedName(),
-            topicWithSerde.getKeySerde().deserializer(),
-            topicWithSerde.getValueSerde().deserializer());
+        com.michelin.kstreamplify.utils.TopicWithSerde<K, V> topicWithSerde
+    ) {
+        return createOutputTestTopic(
+            new TopicWithSerde<>(
+                topicWithSerde.getUnPrefixedName(),
+                topicWithSerde.getKeySerde(),
+                topicWithSerde.getValueSerde()
+            )
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/kstreamplify-core-test/src/test/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/TopologyErrorHandlerTest.java b/kstreamplify-core-test/src/test/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/TopologyErrorHandlerTest.java
index c13fb23..e677ac1 100644
--- a/kstreamplify-core-test/src/test/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/TopologyErrorHandlerTest.java
+++ b/kstreamplify-core-test/src/test/java/com/michelin/kstreamplify/TopologyErrorHandlerTest.java
@@ -140,6 +140,34 @@ void shouldContinueWhenProcessingValueIsInvalidAvro() {
         assertEquals(0, resultOutput.size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    void shouldCreateInputAndOutputTopicsWithDeprecatedSerde() {
+        TestInputTopic<String, String> inputTopic = createInputTestTopic(
+                new com.michelin.kstreamplify.utils.TopicWithSerde<>(
+                        "INPUT_TOPIC",
+                "APP_NAME",
+                        Serdes.String(),
+                        Serdes.String()
+                )
+        );
+
+        assertEquals("TestInputTopic[topic='INPUT_TOPIC', keySerializer=StringSerializer, "
+                + "valueSerializer=StringSerializer]", inputTopic.toString());
+
+        TestOutputTopic<String, String> outputTopic = createOutputTestTopic(
+                new com.michelin.kstreamplify.utils.TopicWithSerde<>(
+                        "OUTPUT_TOPIC",
+                "APP_NAME",
+                        Serdes.String(),
+                        Serdes.String()
+                )
+        );
+
+        assertEquals("TestOutputTopic[topic='OUTPUT_TOPIC', keyDeserializer=StringDeserializer, "
+                + "valueDeserializer=StringDeserializer, size=0]", outputTopic.toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shouldCreateInputAndOutputTopicsWithSerde() {
         TestInputTopic<String, String> inputTopic = createInputTestTopic(new TopicWithSerde<>("INPUT_TOPIC",