diff --git a/docker/broker/env/docker.env b/docker/broker/env/docker.env
index 18115697c2832f..ac2d6ea1350da9 100644
--- a/docker/broker/env/docker.env
+++ b/docker/broker/env/docker.env
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://broker:29092,PLAINTEXT_HOST://localhost:9
 KAFKA_OFFSETS_TOPIC_REPLICATION_FACTOR=1
 KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS=0
 KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx256m
-KAFKA_CONFLUENT_SUPPORT_METRICS_ENABLE=false
\ No newline at end of file
+KAFKA_CONFLUENT_SUPPORT_METRICS_ENABLE=false
+KAFKA_MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES=5242880
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-m1.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-m1.quickstart.yml
index 89e9aaa0defd61..3796cef144f554 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-m1.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-m1.quickstart.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
     - KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS=0
     - KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx256m
     - KAFKA_CONFLUENT_SUPPORT_METRICS_ENABLE=false
+    - KAFKA_MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES=5242880
     healthcheck:
       interval: 1s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml
index f6284edc83648e..5611404abfcaa2 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
     - KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS=0
     - KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx256m
     - KAFKA_CONFLUENT_SUPPORT_METRICS_ENABLE=false
+    - KAFKA_MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES=5242880
     healthcheck:
       interval: 1s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
index 4e3503e35c0db1..fa6347bb874061 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
     - KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS=0
     - KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx256m
     - KAFKA_CONFLUENT_SUPPORT_METRICS_ENABLE=false
+    - KAFKA_MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES=5242880
     healthcheck:
       interval: 1s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml
index e2f52064389e06..dc1868e8ff673c 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose.quickstart.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
     - KAFKA_GROUP_INITIAL_REBALANCE_DELAY_MS=0
     - KAFKA_HEAP_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx256m
     - KAFKA_CONFLUENT_SUPPORT_METRICS_ENABLE=false
+    - KAFKA_MAX_MESSAGE_BYTES=5242880
     healthcheck:
       interval: 1s
       retries: 5