diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/akka/kafka/internal/KafkaConsumerActor.scala b/core/src/main/scala/akka/kafka/internal/KafkaConsumerActor.scala
index b935947a0..d0865c61c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/akka/kafka/internal/KafkaConsumerActor.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/akka/kafka/internal/KafkaConsumerActor.scala
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ import scala.util.control.NonFatal
         extends NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
 
     // Used for transactions/EOS returns the current ConsumerGroupMetadata
-    final case object GetConsumerGroupMetadata extends NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
+    case object GetConsumerGroupMetadata extends NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
 
     //responses
     final case class Assigned(partition: List[TopicPartition]) extends NoSerializationVerificationNeeded