diff --git a/variants/scale-6-9/kafka-6.yaml b/variants/scale-6-9/kafka-6.yaml
index 12b9a2e1..a7e319a7 100644
--- a/variants/scale-6-9/kafka-6.yaml
+++ b/variants/scale-6-9/kafka-6.yaml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
   name: kafka
 spec:
-  replicas: 3
+  replicas: 6