diff --git a/ansible/roles/setup-kafka/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/setup-kafka/defaults/main.yml
index 1a2fb50cd595353f02d2d98accdda7a313648988..c95bbd9a1e5c802eca185e5e2b5e291fe704036f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/setup-kafka/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/setup-kafka/defaults/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ processing_kafka_overriden_topics:
   - name: lms.user.account.merge
     retention_time: 172800000
     replication_factor: 1
+  - name: lms.notification
+    retention_time: 172800000
+    replication_factor: 1
 
 processing_kafka_topics:
   - name: lms.audit.events
@@ -21,3 +24,6 @@ processing_kafka_topics:
   - name: lms.user.account.merge
     num_of_partitions: 1
     replication_factor: 1
+  - name: lms.notification
+    num_of_partitions: 1
+    replication_factor: 1