diff --git a/dev-upgrade/kafka/akhq.yaml b/dev-upgrade/kafka/akhq.yaml
index 0251c73..fbe3f8c 100644
--- a/dev-upgrade/kafka/akhq.yaml
+++ b/dev-upgrade/kafka/akhq.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ data:
             url: "http://schemaregistry-0-internal:8081,http://schemaregistry-1-internal:8081,http://schemaregistry-2-internal:8081"
             type: "confluent"
       security:
+        default-group: no-roles
         basic-auth:
           - username: admin
             password: "$2a$10$ARWW4TWyaAywZ0vS4ua62OS8s.qm3cVHGmApWx8vALSMzUVS.q.Se"