diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/RepartitionTopicConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/RepartitionTopicConfig.java
index 0e8eb6b..21e64ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/RepartitionTopicConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/RepartitionTopicConfig.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class RepartitionTopicConfig extends InternalTopicConfig {
         tempTopicDefaultOverrides.put(TopicConfig.SEGMENT_INDEX_BYTES_CONFIG, "52428800");     // 50 MB
         tempTopicDefaultOverrides.put(TopicConfig.SEGMENT_BYTES_CONFIG, "52428800");           // 50 MB
         tempTopicDefaultOverrides.put(TopicConfig.SEGMENT_MS_CONFIG, "600000");                // 10 min
+        tempTopicDefaultOverrides.put(TopicConfig.RETENTION_MS_CONFIG, "-1");                  // Infinite
 
         REPARTITION_TOPIC_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES = Collections.unmodifiableMap(tempTopicDefaultOverrides);
     }