diff --git a/core-services/egov-persister/src/main/resources/application.properties b/core-services/egov-persister/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 3a66cf46478..4af43776900 100644
--- a/core-services/egov-persister/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/core-services/egov-persister/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spring.kafka.consumer.auto_commit_interval=100
 spring.kafka.consumer.session_timeout_ms_config=15000
 spring.kafka.consumer.auto_offset_reset=earliest
 spring.kafka.consumer.properties.spring.json.use.type.headers=false
+spring.kafka.consumer.properties.fetch.max.bytes=1048576
 
 
 # KAFKA PRODUCER CONFIGURATIONS
@@ -55,4 +56,4 @@ default.version=1.0.0
 
 # Audit integration configs
 audit.persist.kafka.topic=audit-create
-audit.generate.kafka.topic=process-audit-records
\ No newline at end of file
+audit.generate.kafka.topic=process-audit-records