diff --git a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java
index 82c5ba58..dee9ec44 100644
--- a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java
+++ b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ public void createTopic(final String topicName, final TopicSettings settings, fi
         } catch (final TimeoutException ex) {
             throw failedToCreateTopic(topicName, ex);
         }
-        if (!this.exists(topicName)) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Creation of topic %s failed", topicName));
-        }
+//        if (!this.exists(topicName)) {
+//            throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Creation of topic %s failed", topicName));
+//        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClientTest.java b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClientTest.java
index 204cf39d..fbb1ebf9 100644
--- a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClientTest.java
+++ b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClientTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.AdminClientConfig;
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.awaitility.core.ConditionFactory;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
 class TopicClientTest {
 
     @Container
-    private final ApacheKafkaContainerCluster kafkaCluster = new ApacheKafkaContainerCluster(KAFKA_VERSION, 3, 2);
+    private final ApacheKafkaContainerCluster kafkaCluster = new ApacheKafkaContainerCluster(KAFKA_VERSION, 2, 1);
 
     private static final Duration CLIENT_TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(10L);
 
@@ -52,11 +54,16 @@ void shouldNotFindTopic() {
         }
     }
 
+    private static ConditionFactory await() {
+        return Awaitility.await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shouldFindTopic() {
         try (final TopicClient client = this.createClient()) {
             client.createTopic("exists", defaultTopicSettings().build());
-            assertThat(client.exists("exists")).isTrue();
+            await()
+                    .untilAsserted(() -> assertThat(client.exists("exists")).isTrue());
         }
     }
 
@@ -65,6 +72,11 @@ void shouldListTopics() {
         try (final TopicClient client = this.createClient()) {
             client.createTopic("foo", defaultTopicSettings().build());
             client.createTopic("bar", defaultTopicSettings().build());
+            await()
+                    .untilAsserted(() -> {
+                        assertThat(client.exists("foo")).isTrue();
+                        assertThat(client.exists("bar")).isTrue();
+                    });
             assertThat(client.listTopics())
                     .hasSize(2)
                     .containsExactlyInAnyOrder("foo", "bar");
@@ -75,6 +87,8 @@ void shouldListTopics() {
     void shouldDeleteTopic() {
         try (final TopicClient client = this.createClient()) {
             client.createTopic("foo", defaultTopicSettings().build());
+            await()
+                    .untilAsserted(() -> assertThat(client.exists("foo")).isTrue());
             assertThat(client.exists("foo")).isTrue();
             client.deleteTopic("foo");
             assertThat(client.listTopics())
@@ -91,6 +105,8 @@ void shouldCreateTopic() {
                     .replicationFactor((short) 2)
                     .build();
             client.createTopic("topic", settings, emptyMap());
+            await()
+                    .untilAsserted(() -> assertThat(client.exists("topic")).isTrue());
             assertThat(client.exists("topic")).isTrue();
             assertThat(client.describe("topic"))
                     .satisfies(info -> {
diff --git a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/testFixtures/java/com/bakdata/kafka/ApacheKafkaContainerCluster.java b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/testFixtures/java/com/bakdata/kafka/ApacheKafkaContainerCluster.java
index 1ed9dcf6..1c5c4cec 100644
--- a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/testFixtures/java/com/bakdata/kafka/ApacheKafkaContainerCluster.java
+++ b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/testFixtures/java/com/bakdata/kafka/ApacheKafkaContainerCluster.java
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ public void start() {
 
                     return Integer.parseInt(brokers);
                 }, readyBrokers -> readyBrokers == this.brokersNum);
-        await()
-                .pollDelay(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
-                .atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(11))
-                .until(() -> true);
     }
 
     @Override