diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator.java
index 1de105d74..ecdfd5177 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator.java
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.streams;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClient;
@@ -24,6 +33,8 @@ import org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.TaskMetadata;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.ThreadMetadata;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.AbstractHealthIndicator;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Status;
@@ -32,19 +43,13 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.provisioning.KafkaTopicProv
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.streams.properties.KafkaStreamsBinderConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.kafka.config.StreamsBuilderFactoryBean;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
 /**
  * Health indicator for Kafka Streams.
  *
  * @author Arnaud Jardiné
  * @author Soby Chacko
  */
-public class KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
+public class KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator implements DisposableBean {
 
 	private final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
@@ -57,6 +62,10 @@ public class KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
 	private static final ThreadLocal<Status> healthStatusThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<>();
 
+	private AdminClient adminClient;
+
+	private final Lock lock = new ReentrantLock();
+
 	KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator(KafkaStreamsRegistry kafkaStreamsRegistry,
 									KafkaStreamsBinderConfigurationProperties kafkaStreamsBinderConfigurationProperties,
 									KafkaProperties kafkaProperties,
@@ -73,7 +82,11 @@ public class KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void doHealthCheck(Health.Builder builder) throws Exception {
-		try (AdminClient adminClient = AdminClient.create(this.adminClientProperties)) {
+		try {
+			this.lock.lock();
+			if (this.adminClient == null) {
+				this.adminClient = AdminClient.create(this.adminClientProperties);
+			}
 			final Status status = healthStatusThreadLocal.get();
 			//If one of the kafka streams binders (kstream, ktable, globalktable) was down before on the same request,
 			//retrieve that from the thead local storage where it was saved before. This is done in order to avoid
@@ -82,14 +95,16 @@ public class KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 			if (status == Status.DOWN) {
 				builder.withDetail("No topic information available", "Kafka broker is not reachable");
 				builder.status(Status.DOWN);
-			} else {
-				final ListTopicsResult listTopicsResult = adminClient.listTopics();
+			}
+			else {
+				final ListTopicsResult listTopicsResult = this.adminClient.listTopics();
 				listTopicsResult.listings().get(this.configurationProperties.getHealthTimeout(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
 				if (this.kafkaStreamsBindingInformationCatalogue.getStreamsBuilderFactoryBeans().isEmpty()) {
 					builder.withDetail("No Kafka Streams bindings have been established", "Kafka Streams binder did not detect any processors");
 					builder.status(Status.UNKNOWN);
-				} else {
+				}
+				else {
 					boolean up = true;
 					for (KafkaStreams kStream : kafkaStreamsRegistry.getKafkaStreams()) {
 						up &= kStream.state().isRunning();
@@ -98,13 +113,17 @@ public class KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 					builder.status(up ? Status.UP : Status.DOWN);
 				}
 			}
-		} catch (Exception e) {
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
 			builder.withDetail("No topic information available", "Kafka broker is not reachable");
 			builder.status(Status.DOWN);
 			builder.withException(e);
 			//Store binder down status into a thread local storage.
 			healthStatusThreadLocal.set(Status.DOWN);
 		}
+		finally {
+			this.lock.unlock();
+		}
 	}
 
 	private Map<String, Object> buildDetails(KafkaStreams kafkaStreams) {
@@ -146,4 +165,10 @@ public class KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 		return details;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void destroy() throws Exception {
+		if (adminClient != null) {
+			adminClient.close(Duration.ofSeconds(0));
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/integration/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicatorTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/integration/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicatorTests.java
index 37c8b5c93..54dcf9d58 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/integration/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicatorTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/integration/KafkaStreamsBinderHealthIndicatorTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.streams.integration;
 
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.CompositeHealthContributor;
@@ -50,11 +56,6 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.SendTo;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFutureCallback;
 
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 /**