diff --git a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/AbstractResetIntegrationTest.java b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/AbstractResetIntegrationTest.java
index 73ec0d91623af..32a75f4b0f28e 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/AbstractResetIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/integration/AbstractResetIntegrationTest.java
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ void prepareTest() throws Exception {
 
         waitForEmptyConsumerGroup(adminClient, appID, TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER * CLEANUP_CONSUMER_TIMEOUT);
 
-        cluster.deleteAndRecreateTopics(INPUT_TOPIC, OUTPUT_TOPIC, OUTPUT_TOPIC_2, OUTPUT_TOPIC_2_RERUN);
+        cluster.deleteAllTopicsAndWait(120000);
+        cluster.createTopics(INPUT_TOPIC, OUTPUT_TOPIC, OUTPUT_TOPIC_2, OUTPUT_TOPIC_2_RERUN);
 
         add10InputElements();
     }