diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f43076c..b3024ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
-## [3.2.3] - 2024-09-30
+## [3.3.0] - 2024-09-30
+
+### Added
+
+- inheritance of kafka settings for topic
 
 ### Fixed
  
+- support `karafka 2.4.12`
 - properly report metrics for consumer offset lag when partition fetch assignment was lost
 
 ## [3.2.2] - 2024-09-23
diff --git a/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer.rb b/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer.rb
index bd906aa..f316d8d 100644
--- a/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer.rb
+++ b/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def self.configure!(**opts)
               manual_offset_management t.manual_offset_management
               consumer t.consumer.consumer_klass
               deserializer t.deserializer.instantiate if t.deserializer.klass.present?
-              kafka t.kafka_options if t.kafka_options.present?
+              kafka t.kafka_options.merge(inherit: true) if t.kafka_options.present?
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/version.rb b/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/version.rb
index f24ee78..001c20f 100644
--- a/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sbmt/kafka_consumer/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module Sbmt
   module KafkaConsumer
-    VERSION = "3.2.3"
+    VERSION = "3.3.0"
   end
 end
diff --git a/sbmt-kafka_consumer.gemspec b/sbmt-kafka_consumer.gemspec
index 603fce5..6f83f6c 100644
--- a/sbmt-kafka_consumer.gemspec
+++ b/sbmt-kafka_consumer.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency "rails", ">= 6.1"
   spec.add_dependency "zeitwerk", "~> 2.3"
-  spec.add_dependency "karafka", "~> 2.4", "< 2.4.12"
+  spec.add_dependency "karafka", "~> 2.4"
   spec.add_dependency "yabeda", ">= 0.11"
   spec.add_dependency "anyway_config", ">= 2.4.0"
   spec.add_dependency "thor"
diff --git a/spec/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer_spec.rb b/spec/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer_spec.rb
index d23c2f0..f72155a 100644
--- a/spec/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sbmt/kafka_consumer/client_configurer_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,17 @@
         hash_including(
           active: true,
           initial_offset: "earliest",
-          kafka: {"auto.offset.reset": "latest"},
+          kafka: hash_including(
+            "auto.offset.reset": "latest",
+            "allow.auto.create.topics": true,
+            "bootstrap.servers": "kafka:9092",
+            "heartbeat.interval.ms": 5000,
+            "reconnect.backoff.max.ms": 3000,
+            "security.protocol": "plaintext",
+            "session.timeout.ms": 30000,
+            "socket.connection.setup.timeout.ms": 5000,
+            "socket.timeout.ms": 30000
+          ),
           manual_offset_management: {active: true},
           max_messages: 100,
           max_wait_time: 1000,