diff --git a/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/consumer_manager.py b/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/consumer_manager.py
index 8175414a5..a2792303b 100644
--- a/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/consumer_manager.py
+++ b/karapace/kafka_rest_apis/consumer_manager.py
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ def _illegal_state_fail(message: str, content_type: str) -> None:
     # CONSUMER
     async def create_consumer(self, group_name: str, request_data: dict, content_type: str):
         group_name = group_name.strip("/")
-        consumer_name = request_data.get("name") or new_name()
-        internal_name = self.create_internal_name(group_name, consumer_name)
+        consumer_name: str = request_data.get("name") or new_name()
+        internal_name: Tuple[str, str] = self.create_internal_name(group_name, consumer_name)
         async with self.consumer_locks[internal_name]:
             if internal_name in self.consumers:
                 LOG.warning(
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ async def create_consumer(self, group_name: str, request_data: dict, content_typ
                 request_data["auto.commit.enable"] = enable_commit
                 request_data["auto.offset.reset"] = request_data.get("auto.offset.reset", "earliest")
                 fetch_min_bytes = request_data.get("fetch.min.bytes", self.config["fetch_min_bytes"])
-                c = await self.create_kafka_consumer(fetch_min_bytes, group_name, internal_name, request_data)
+                c = await self.create_kafka_consumer(fetch_min_bytes, group_name, consumer_name, request_data)
             except KafkaConfigurationError as e:
                 KarapaceBase.internal_error(str(e), content_type)
             self.consumers[internal_name] = TypedConsumer(
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ async def create_consumer(self, group_name: str, request_data: dict, content_typ
             consumer_base_uri = urljoin(self.base_uri, f"consumers/{group_name}/instances/{consumer_name}")
             KarapaceBase.r(content_type=content_type, body={"base_uri": consumer_base_uri, "instance_id": consumer_name})
 
-    async def create_kafka_consumer(self, fetch_min_bytes, group_name, internal_name, request_data):
+    async def create_kafka_consumer(self, fetch_min_bytes, group_name, client_id: str, request_data):
         for retry in [True, True, False]:
             try:
                 session_timeout_ms = self.config["session_timeout_ms"]
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ async def create_kafka_consumer(self, fetch_min_bytes, group_name, internal_name
                 c = AsyncKafkaConsumer(
                     bootstrap_servers=self.config["bootstrap_uri"],
                     auto_offset_reset=request_data["auto.offset.reset"],
-                    client_id=internal_name,
+                    client_id=client_id,
                     enable_auto_commit=request_data["auto.commit.enable"],
                     fetch_max_wait_ms=self.config.get("consumer_fetch_max_wait_ms"),
                     fetch_message_max_bytes=self.config["consumer_request_max_bytes"],