diff --git a/src/main/java/org/akhq/models/Config.java b/src/main/java/org/akhq/models/Config.java
index 0075bbf57..fc1e66196 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/akhq/models/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/akhq/models/Config.java
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ public Config(ConfigEntry entry) {
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean shouldResetToDefault() {
+        return this.getValue().isBlank();
+    }
+
     private String findDescription(String name) {
         String docName = name.toUpperCase().replace(".", "_") + "_DOC";
 
@@ -89,4 +93,4 @@ public enum Source {
         DEFAULT_CONFIG,
         UNKNOWN
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepository.java
index 674e36623..9dfa62066 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepository.java
@@ -68,14 +68,20 @@ public void updateTopic(String clusterId, String name, List<Config> configs) thr
     private void update(String clusterId, ConfigResource.Type type, String name, List<Config> configs) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         List<ConfigEntry> entries = new ArrayList<>();
 
+        List<String> configNamesToReset = configs.stream()
+            .filter(Config::shouldResetToDefault)
+            .map(Config::getName)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
         this.find(clusterId, type, Collections.singletonList(name))
             .get(name)
             .stream()
             .filter(config -> config.getSource().name().startsWith("DYNAMIC_"))
+            .filter(config -> !configNamesToReset.contains(config.getName()))
             .forEach(config -> entries.add(new ConfigEntry(config.getName(), config.getValue())));
 
-        configs
-            .stream()
+        configs.stream()
+            .filter(config -> !config.shouldResetToDefault())
             .map(config -> new ConfigEntry(config.getName(), config.getValue()))
             .forEach(entries::add);
 
@@ -102,4 +108,4 @@ public static List<Config> updatedConfigs(Map<String, String> request, List<Conf
             .map(config -> config.withValue(request.get(configFn.apply(config))))
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepositoryTest.java b/src/test/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepositoryTest.java
index 2588d23a5..47782ce76 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/akhq/repositories/ConfigRepositoryTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 class ConfigRepositoryTest extends AbstractTest {
     @Inject
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class ConfigRepositoryTest extends AbstractTest {
 
     @Test
     void updateTopic() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        // write config the first time
         repository.updateTopic(
             KafkaTestCluster.CLUSTER_ID,
             KafkaTestCluster.TOPIC_HUGE,
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ void updateTopic() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         assertEquals("1", getConfig("file.delete.delay.ms").getValue());
         assertEquals("2", getConfig("index.interval.bytes").getValue());
 
+        // update config 1
         repository.updateTopic(
             KafkaTestCluster.CLUSTER_ID,
             KafkaTestCluster.TOPIC_HUGE,
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ void updateTopic() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         assertEquals("3", getConfig("file.delete.delay.ms").getValue());
         assertEquals("2", getConfig("index.interval.bytes").getValue());
 
-
+        // update config 2
         repository.updateTopic(
             KafkaTestCluster.CLUSTER_ID,
             KafkaTestCluster.TOPIC_HUGE,
@@ -52,6 +55,21 @@ void updateTopic() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
 
         assertEquals("3", getConfig("file.delete.delay.ms").getValue());
         assertEquals("4", getConfig("index.interval.bytes").getValue());
+
+        // reset config index.interval.bytes (leave config file.delete.delay.ms unchanged)
+        repository.updateTopic(
+            KafkaTestCluster.CLUSTER_ID,
+            KafkaTestCluster.TOPIC_HUGE,
+            Collections.singletonList(
+                new Config("index.interval.bytes", "")
+            )
+        );
+
+        Config unchangedConfig = getConfig("file.delete.delay.ms");
+        assertTrue(unchangedConfig.getSource().name().startsWith("DYNAMIC_"));
+
+        Config resettedConfig = getConfig("index.interval.bytes");
+        assertTrue(resettedConfig.getSource().name().startsWith("DEFAULT_"));
     }
 
     private Config getConfig(String name) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
@@ -62,4 +80,4 @@ private Config getConfig(String name) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedExce
                 .findAny()
                 .get();
     }
-}
+}
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