diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 8bff916a2..a2e55af04 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 	c.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.Timeout = 60 * time.Second
 	c.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.Retry.Max = 4
 	c.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.Retry.Backoff = 2 * time.Second
-	c.Consumer.Group.ResetInvalidOffsets = false
+	c.Consumer.Group.ResetInvalidOffsets = true
 
 	c.ClientID = defaultClientID
 	c.ChannelBufferSize = 256