diff --git a/src/consumer/__tests__/seek.spec.js b/src/consumer/__tests__/seek.spec.js
index 25c619f9d..46487a9fe 100644
--- a/src/consumer/__tests__/seek.spec.js
+++ b/src/consumer/__tests__/seek.spec.js
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ describe('Consumer', () => {
   })
 
   describe('when seek offset', () => {
+    let admin
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      admin = createAdmin({ logger: newLogger(), cluster })
+    })
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      admin && (await admin.disconnect())
+    })
+
     it('throws an error if the topic is invalid', () => {
       expect(() => consumer.seek({ topic: null })).toThrow(
         KafkaJSNonRetriableError,
@@ -163,6 +173,13 @@ describe('Consumer', () => {
           message: expect.objectContaining({ offset: '0' }),
         },
       ])
+
+      await expect(admin.fetchOffsets({ groupId, topic: topicName })).resolves.toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          partition: 0,
+          offset: '1',
+        }),
+      ])
     })
 
     describe('When "autoCommit" is false', () => {
@@ -225,6 +242,41 @@ describe('Consumer', () => {
           },
         ])
       })
+
+      it('recovers from offset out of range', async () => {
+        await consumer.connect()
+        await producer.connect()
+
+        const key1 = secureRandom()
+        const message1 = { key: `key-${key1}`, value: `value-${key1}` }
+
+        await producer.send({ acks: 1, topic: topicName, messages: [message1] })
+        await consumer.subscribe({ topic: topicName, fromBeginning: true })
+
+        const messagesConsumed = []
+        consumer.run({
+          autoCommit: false,
+          eachMessage: async event => messagesConsumed.push(event),
+        })
+        consumer.seek({ topic: topicName, partition: 0, offset: 100 })
+
+        await waitForConsumerToJoinGroup(consumer)
+
+        await expect(waitForMessages(messagesConsumed, { number: 1 })).resolves.toEqual([
+          {
+            topic: topicName,
+            partition: 0,
+            message: expect.objectContaining({ offset: '0' }),
+          },
+        ])
+
+        await expect(admin.fetchOffsets({ groupId, topic: topicName })).resolves.toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            partition: 0,
+            offset: '-1',
+          }),
+        ])
+      })
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/consumer/offsetManager/index.js b/src/consumer/offsetManager/index.js
index 06c49c349..5a1b9f68b 100644
--- a/src/consumer/offsetManager/index.js
+++ b/src/consumer/offsetManager/index.js
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ module.exports = class OffsetManager {
     const defaultOffset = this.cluster.defaultOffset(this.topicConfigurations[topic])
     const coordinator = await this.getCoordinator()
 
+    if (!this.autoCommit) {
+      this.resolveOffset({
+        topic,
+        partition,
+        offset: defaultOffset,
+      })
+      return
+    }
+
     await coordinator.offsetCommit({
       groupId,
       memberId,