diff --git a/kafka-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/projection/kafka/internal/KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec.scala b/kafka-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/projection/kafka/internal/KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec.scala
index 62a9fc74..95522295 100644
--- a/kafka-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/projection/kafka/internal/KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec.scala
+++ b/kafka-test/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/projection/kafka/internal/KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec.scala
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@ import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpecLike
 object KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec {
   private val TestProjectionId = ProjectionId("test-projection", "00")
 
-  def handler(probe: TestProbe[ConsumerRecord[String, String]],
-      assertFunction: TestProbe[ConsumerRecord[String, String]] => Future[Done])
-      : Handler[ConsumerRecord[String, String]] =
+  def handler(probe: TestProbe[ConsumerRecord[String, String]]): Handler[ConsumerRecord[String, String]] =
     new Handler[ConsumerRecord[String, String]] {
       override def process(env: ConsumerRecord[String, String]): Future[Done] = {
         probe.ref ! env
-        assertFunction(probe)
+        Future.successful(Done)
       }
     }
 
@@ -72,9 +70,10 @@ class KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit with LogCapt
       val metadataClient = new TestMetadataClientAdapter(partitions)
       val tp0 = new TopicPartition(topic, 0)
       val tp1 = new TopicPartition(topic, 1)
+      val totalPerPartition = 10
 
       val consumerRecords =
-        for (n <- 0 to 10; tp <- List(tp0, tp1))
+        for (n <- 0 to totalPerPartition; tp <- List(tp0, tp1))
           yield new ConsumerRecord(tp.topic(), tp.partition(), n, n.toString, n.toString)
 
       val consumerSource = Source(consumerRecords)
@@ -95,14 +94,7 @@ class KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit with LogCapt
         }
 
       val probe = testKit.createTestProbe[ConsumerRecord[String, String]]()
-      val records = Set.empty[ConsumerRecord[String, String]]
-      val projection = TestProjection(TestProjectionId, provider,
-        () =>
-          handler(probe,
-            p => {
-              records ++= p.receiveMessage()
-              Future.successful(Done)
-            }))
+      val projection = TestProjection(TestProjectionId, provider, () => handler(probe))
 
       projectionTestKit.runWithTestSink(projection) { sinkProbe =>
         provider.partitionHandler.onAssign(Set(tp0, tp1), null)
@@ -110,13 +102,20 @@ class KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit with LogCapt
 
         sinkProbe.request(10)
         sinkProbe.expectNextN(10)
+        var records = probe.receiveMessages(10)
 
         withClue("checking: processed records contain 5 from each partition") {
-          records.toSeq.length shouldBe 10
+          records.length shouldBe 10
           records.count(_.partition() == tp0.partition()) shouldBe 5
           records.count(_.partition() == tp1.partition()) shouldBe 5
         }
 
+        // because source push to handle(probe) before sinkProbe request pull, it made probe cache random one record
+        val eagerMessage = probe.receiveMessage()
+        records = records ++ Set(eagerMessage)
+        val tp0Received = records.count(_.partition() == tp0.partition())
+        val tp0Expect = totalPerPartition - tp0Received
+
         // assign only tp0 to this projection
         provider.partitionHandler.onAssign(Set(tp0), null)
         provider.partitionHandler.onRevoke(Set(tp1), null)
@@ -128,10 +127,11 @@ class KafkaSourceProviderImplSpec extends ScalaTestWithActorTestKit with LogCapt
         // only records from partition 0 should remain, because the rest were filtered
         sinkProbe.request(5)
         sinkProbe.expectNextN(5)
+        records = probe.receiveMessages(tp0Expect)
 
         withClue("checking: after rebalance processed records should only have records from partition 0") {
-          records.count(_.partition() == tp0.partition()) shouldBe 10
-          records.count(_.partition() == tp1.partition()) shouldBe 5
+          records.count(_.partition() == tp0.partition()) shouldBe tp0Expect
+          records.count(_.partition() == tp1.partition()) shouldBe 0
         }
       }
     }