diff --git a/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
index 59e6088dd2353..b2fde37577426 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@
       <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+      <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pulsar-io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/KafkaAbstractSource.java b/pulsar-io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/KafkaAbstractSource.java
index ba6498ba5b771..e7934891cc340 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/KafkaAbstractSource.java
+++ b/pulsar-io/kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/KafkaAbstractSource.java
@@ -188,7 +188,16 @@ public void start() {
             }
         });
         runnerThread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(
-                (t, e) -> LOG.error("[{}] Error while consuming records", t.getName(), e));
+                (t, e) -> {
+                    new Thread(() -> {
+                        LOG.error("[{}] Error while consuming records", t.getName(), e);
+                        try {
+                            this.close();
+                        } catch (Exception ex) {
+                            LOG.error("[{}] Close kafka source error", t.getName(), e);
+                        }
+                    }, "Kafka Source Close Task Thread").start();
+                });
         runnerThread.setName("Kafka Source Thread");
         runnerThread.start();
     }
diff --git a/pulsar-io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/source/KafkaAbstractSourceTest.java b/pulsar-io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/source/KafkaAbstractSourceTest.java
index 4eb30447fbf35..ef185d6af0377 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/source/KafkaAbstractSourceTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-io/kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/io/kafka/source/KafkaAbstractSourceTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.SecurityProtocol;
@@ -29,6 +32,8 @@
 import org.apache.pulsar.io.core.SourceContext;
 import org.apache.pulsar.io.kafka.KafkaAbstractSource;
 import org.apache.pulsar.io.kafka.KafkaSourceConfig;
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -154,6 +159,28 @@ public final void loadFromSaslYamlFileTest() throws IOException {
         assertEquals(config.getSslTruststorePassword(), "cert_pwd");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public final void closeConnectorWhenUnexpectedExceptionThrownTest() throws Exception {
+        KafkaAbstractSource source = new DummySource();
+        Consumer consumer = mock(Consumer.class);
+        Mockito.doThrow(new RuntimeException("Uncaught exception")).when(consumer)
+                .subscribe(Mockito.any(Collection.class));
+
+        Field consumerField = KafkaAbstractSource.class.getDeclaredField("consumer");
+        consumerField.setAccessible(true);
+        consumerField.set(source, consumer);
+
+        source.start();
+
+        Field runningField = KafkaAbstractSource.class.getDeclaredField("running");
+        runningField.setAccessible(true);
+
+        Awaitility.await().untilAsserted(() -> {
+            Assert.assertFalse((boolean) runningField.get(source));
+            Assert.assertNull(consumerField.get(source));
+        });
+    }
+
     private File getFile(String name) {
         ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
         return new File(classLoader.getResource(name).getFile());