diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
index a783cf1d45..b6a92d4992 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ import org.springframework.kafka.support.converter.BatchMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.converter.BatchMessagingMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.converter.MessagingMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.converter.RecordMessageConverter;
-import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.KafkaTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.kafka.transaction.ChainedKafkaTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.kafka.transaction.KafkaAwareTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.kafka.transaction.KafkaTransactionManager;
@@ -285,8 +284,8 @@ public class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 									.isEmpty();
 					assertThat(configs.get("foo.bar.baz")).isEqualTo("qux.fiz.buz");
 					assertThat(configs.get("fiz.buz")).isEqualTo("fix.fox");
-					assertThat(KafkaTestUtils.getPropertyValue(admin,
-							"fatalIfBrokerNotAvailable", Boolean.class)).isTrue();
+					assertThat(admin).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue(
+							"fatalIfBrokerNotAvailable", true);
 				});
 	}
 
@@ -577,8 +576,8 @@ public class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.run((context) -> {
 					ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?> factory = context
 							.getBean(ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory.class);
-					assertThat(KafkaTestUtils.getPropertyValue(factory, "errorHandler"))
-							.isSameAs(context.getBean("errorHandler"));
+					assertThat(factory).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("errorHandler",
+							context.getBean("errorHandler"));
 				});
 	}
 
@@ -588,8 +587,8 @@ public class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.kafka.listener.type=batch").run((context) -> {
 					ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?> factory = context
 							.getBean(ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory.class);
-					assertThat(KafkaTestUtils.getPropertyValue(factory, "errorHandler"))
-							.isSameAs(context.getBean("batchErrorHandler"));
+					assertThat(factory).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("errorHandler",
+							context.getBean("batchErrorHandler"));
 				});
 	}
 
@@ -599,8 +598,7 @@ public class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.run((context) -> {
 					ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?> factory = context
 							.getBean(ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory.class);
-					assertThat(KafkaTestUtils.getPropertyValue(factory, "errorHandler"))
-							.isNull();
+					assertThat(factory).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("errorHandler", null);
 				});
 	}
 
@@ -610,8 +608,7 @@ public class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.withUserConfiguration(ErrorHandlerConfiguration.class).run((context) -> {
 					ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?> factory = context
 							.getBean(ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory.class);
-					assertThat(KafkaTestUtils.getPropertyValue(factory, "errorHandler"))
-							.isNull();
+					assertThat(factory).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("errorHandler", null);
 				});
 	}