diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index d4c4ebf55d..ac49dd7af4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ public class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 		map.from(properties::isMissingTopicsFatal).to(container::setMissingTopicsFatal);
 		map.from(properties::isImmediateStop).to(container::setStopImmediate);
 		map.from(properties::isObservationEnabled).to(container::setObservationEnabled);
+		map.from(properties::getAuthExceptionRetryInterval).to(container::setAuthExceptionRetryInterval);
 		map.from(this.transactionManager).to(container::setKafkaAwareTransactionManager);
 		map.from(this.rebalanceListener).to(container::setConsumerRebalanceListener);
 		map.from(this.listenerTaskExecutor).to(container::setListenerTaskExecutor);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
index ae6cc4393e..6d74a1f765 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
@@ -1080,6 +1080,11 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 		 */
 		private boolean observationEnabled;
 
+		/**
+		 * Time between retries after authentication exceptions.
+		 */
+		private Duration authExceptionRetryInterval;
+
 		public Type getType() {
 			return this.type;
 		}
@@ -1232,6 +1237,14 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 			this.observationEnabled = observationEnabled;
 		}
 
+		public Duration getAuthExceptionRetryInterval() {
+			return this.authExceptionRetryInterval;
+		}
+
+		public void setAuthExceptionRetryInterval(Duration authExceptionRetryInterval) {
+			this.authExceptionRetryInterval = authExceptionRetryInterval;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	public static class Ssl {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurerTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurerTests.java
index 779d9974d3..42d9c1a903 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -80,4 +81,12 @@ class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurerTests {
 		assertThat(this.factory.getContainerProperties().getListenerTaskExecutor()).isEqualTo(executor);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void shouldApplyAuthExceptionRetryInterval() {
+		this.properties.getListener().setAuthExceptionRetryInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+		this.configurer.configure(this.factory, this.consumerFactory);
+		assertThat(this.factory.getContainerProperties().getAuthExceptionRetryInterval())
+			.isEqualTo(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+	}
+
 }