diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
index 0715989686..7f9b95c6d4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.CommonClientConfigs;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.config.SslConfigs;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.IsolationLevel;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer;
 
@@ -266,6 +268,11 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 		 */
 		private Duration heartbeatInterval;
 
+		/**
+		 * Isolation level for reading messages that have been written transactionally.
+		 */
+		private IsolationLevel isolationLevel = IsolationLevel.READ_UNCOMMITTED;
+
 		/**
 		 * Deserializer class for keys.
 		 */
@@ -362,6 +369,14 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 			this.heartbeatInterval = heartbeatInterval;
 		}
 
+		public IsolationLevel getIsolationLevel() {
+			return this.isolationLevel;
+		}
+
+		public void setIsolationLevel(IsolationLevel isolationLevel) {
+			this.isolationLevel = isolationLevel;
+		}
+
 		public Class<?> getKeyDeserializer() {
 			return this.keyDeserializer;
 		}
@@ -406,6 +421,8 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 			map.from(this::getGroupId).to(properties.in(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG));
 			map.from(this::getHeartbeatInterval).asInt(Duration::toMillis)
 					.to(properties.in(ConsumerConfig.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG));
+			map.from(() -> getIsolationLevel().name().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
+					.to(properties.in(ConsumerConfig.ISOLATION_LEVEL_CONFIG));
 			map.from(this::getKeyDeserializer).to(properties.in(ConsumerConfig.KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG));
 			map.from(this::getValueDeserializer).to(properties.in(ConsumerConfig.VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG));
 			map.from(this::getMaxPollRecords).to(properties.in(ConsumerConfig.MAX_POLL_RECORDS_CONFIG));
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
index cc203ec4cb..dd5c4b0819 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 				"spring.kafka.consumer.enable-auto-commit=false", "spring.kafka.consumer.fetch-max-wait=456",
 				"spring.kafka.consumer.properties.fiz.buz=fix.fox", "spring.kafka.consumer.fetch-min-size=1KB",
 				"spring.kafka.consumer.group-id=bar", "spring.kafka.consumer.heartbeat-interval=234",
+				"spring.kafka.consumer.isolation-level = read-committed",
 				"spring.kafka.consumer.key-deserializer = org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.LongDeserializer",
 				"spring.kafka.consumer.value-deserializer = org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.IntegerDeserializer")
 				.run((context) -> {
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 					assertThat(configs.get(ConsumerConfig.FETCH_MIN_BYTES_CONFIG)).isEqualTo(1024);
 					assertThat(configs.get(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG)).isEqualTo("bar");
 					assertThat(configs.get(ConsumerConfig.HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL_MS_CONFIG)).isEqualTo(234);
+					assertThat(configs.get(ConsumerConfig.ISOLATION_LEVEL_CONFIG)).isEqualTo("read_committed");
 					assertThat(configs.get(ConsumerConfig.KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG))
 							.isEqualTo(LongDeserializer.class);
 					assertThat(configs.get(ConsumerConfig.VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG))