diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.scala
index f2102346a1661..b60ae433ae038 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.scala
@@ -1233,8 +1233,10 @@ object GroupMetadataManager {
         val metadata = value.get(OFFSET_VALUE_METADATA_FIELD_V1).asInstanceOf[String]
         val commitTimestamp = value.get(OFFSET_VALUE_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP_FIELD_V1).asInstanceOf[Long]
         val expireTimestamp = value.get(OFFSET_VALUE_EXPIRE_TIMESTAMP_FIELD_V1).asInstanceOf[Long]
-
-        OffsetAndMetadata(offset, metadata, commitTimestamp, expireTimestamp)
+        if (expireTimestamp == OffsetCommitRequest.DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP)
+          OffsetAndMetadata(offset, metadata, commitTimestamp)
+        else
+          OffsetAndMetadata(offset, metadata, commitTimestamp, expireTimestamp)
       } else if (version == 2) {
         val offset = value.get(OFFSET_VALUE_OFFSET_FIELD_V2).asInstanceOf[Long]
         val metadata = value.get(OFFSET_VALUE_METADATA_FIELD_V2).asInstanceOf[String]
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/OffsetCommitTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/OffsetCommitTest.scala
index 3e8a535946814..ab288af28bd29 100755
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/OffsetCommitTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/OffsetCommitTest.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package kafka.server
 
-import kafka.api.{GroupCoordinatorRequest, OffsetCommitRequest, OffsetFetchRequest}
+import kafka.api._
 import kafka.consumer.SimpleConsumer
 import kafka.common.{OffsetAndMetadata, OffsetMetadata, OffsetMetadataAndError, TopicAndPartition}
 import kafka.utils._
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import org.junit.Assert._
 import java.util.Properties
 import java.io.File
 
+import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.ApiVersionsResponse
+
 import scala.util.Random
 import scala.collection._
 
@@ -46,12 +48,16 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
   @Before
   override def setUp() {
     super.setUp()
-    val config: Properties = createBrokerConfig(1, zkConnect,  enableDeleteTopic = true)
-    config.setProperty(KafkaConfig.OffsetsTopicReplicationFactorProp, "1")
-    config.setProperty(KafkaConfig.OffsetsRetentionCheckIntervalMsProp, retentionCheckInterval.toString)
-    val logDirPath = config.getProperty("log.dir")
-    logDir = new File(logDirPath)
-    server = TestUtils.createServer(KafkaConfig.fromProps(config), Time.SYSTEM)
+
+  }
+
+  @After
+  override def tearDown() {
+
+    super.tearDown()
+  }
+
+  def StartConsumer(): Unit = {
     simpleConsumer = new SimpleConsumer("localhost", TestUtils.boundPort(server), 1000000, 64*1024, "test-client")
     val consumerMetadataRequest = GroupCoordinatorRequest(group)
     Stream.continually {
@@ -63,15 +69,26 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
     })
   }
 
-  @After
-  override def tearDown() {
+  def StartServerAndConsumer(protocolVersion: ApiVersion = ApiVersion.latestVersion): Unit = {
+    val config: Properties = createBrokerConfig(1, zkConnect,  enableDeleteTopic = true)
+    config.setProperty(KafkaConfig.OffsetsTopicReplicationFactorProp, "1")
+    config.setProperty(KafkaConfig.OffsetsRetentionCheckIntervalMsProp, retentionCheckInterval.toString)
+    config.setProperty(KafkaConfig.InterBrokerProtocolVersionProp, protocolVersion.toString)
+    val logDirPath = config.getProperty("log.dir")
+    logDir = new File(logDirPath)
+    server = TestUtils.createServer(KafkaConfig.fromProps(config), Time.SYSTEM)
+    StartConsumer()
+  }
+
+  def ShutdownServerAndConsumer(): Unit = {
     simpleConsumer.close
     TestUtils.shutdownServers(Seq(server))
-    super.tearDown()
   }
 
   @Test
   def testUpdateOffsets() {
+    StartServerAndConsumer()
+
     val topic = "topic"
 
     // Commit an offset
@@ -117,10 +134,14 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
 
     assertEquals(OffsetMetadataAndError.NoOffset, fetchResponse2.requestInfo.get(unknownTopicAndPartition).get)
     assertEquals(1, fetchResponse2.requestInfo.size)
+
+    ShutdownServerAndConsumer()
   }
 
   @Test
   def testCommitAndFetchOffsets() {
+    StartServerAndConsumer()
+
     val topic1 = "topic-1"
     val topic2 = "topic-2"
     val topic3 = "topic-3"
@@ -187,10 +208,14 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
     assertEquals(OffsetMetadata.InvalidOffset, fetchResponse.requestInfo.get(TopicAndPartition(topic3, 1)).get.offset)
     assertEquals(OffsetMetadata.InvalidOffset, fetchResponse.requestInfo.get(TopicAndPartition(topic4, 0)).get.offset)
     assertEquals(OffsetMetadata.InvalidOffset, fetchResponse.requestInfo.get(TopicAndPartition(topic5, 0)).get.offset)
+
+    ShutdownServerAndConsumer()
   }
 
   @Test
   def testLargeMetadataPayload() {
+    StartServerAndConsumer()
+
     val topicAndPartition = TopicAndPartition("large-metadata", 0)
     val expectedReplicaAssignment = Map(0  -> List(1))
     createTopic(zkClient, topicAndPartition.topic, partitionReplicaAssignment = expectedReplicaAssignment,
@@ -211,10 +236,14 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
     val commitResponse1 = simpleConsumer.commitOffsets(commitRequest1)
 
     assertEquals(Errors.OFFSET_METADATA_TOO_LARGE, commitResponse1.commitStatus.get(topicAndPartition).get)
+
+    ShutdownServerAndConsumer()
   }
 
   @Test
   def testOffsetExpiration() {
+    StartServerAndConsumer()
+
     // set up topic partition
     val topic = "topic"
     val topicPartition = TopicAndPartition(topic, 0)
@@ -284,10 +313,43 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
     Thread.sleep(retentionCheckInterval * 2)
     assertEquals(-1L, simpleConsumer.fetchOffsets(fetchRequest).requestInfo.get(topicPartition).get.offset)
 
+    ShutdownServerAndConsumer()
+  }
+
+  // Verify whether the committed offset is still there after bouncing a broker
+  // This test case reproduces the issue in KAFKA-8069
+  @Test
+  def testOffsetExpirationInOldBrokerVersion() {
+    StartServerAndConsumer(KAFKA_1_1_IV0)
+
+    // set up topic partition
+    val topic = "topic"
+    val topicPartition = TopicAndPartition(topic, 0)
+    createTopic(zkClient, topic, servers = Seq(server), numPartitions = 1)
+
+    val fetchRequest = OffsetFetchRequest(group, Seq(TopicAndPartition(topic, 0)))
+
+    val commitRequest = OffsetCommitRequest(
+      groupId = "test-group",
+      requestInfo = immutable.Map(TopicAndPartition(topic, 0) -> OffsetAndMetadata(5L, "metadata")),
+      versionId = 2)
+    assertEquals(Errors.NONE, simpleConsumer.commitOffsets(commitRequest).commitStatus.get(topicPartition).get)
+
+    simpleConsumer.close()
+    server.shutdown()
+    server.startup()
+    StartConsumer()
+
+    Thread.sleep(retentionCheckInterval * 2)
+    assertEquals(5L, simpleConsumer.fetchOffsets(fetchRequest).requestInfo.get(topicPartition).get.offset)
+
+    ShutdownServerAndConsumer()
   }
 
   @Test
   def testNonExistingTopicOffsetCommit() {
+    StartServerAndConsumer()
+
     val topic1 = "topicDoesNotExists"
     val topic2 = "topic-2"
 
@@ -302,10 +364,14 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
 
     assertEquals(Errors.UNKNOWN_TOPIC_OR_PARTITION, commitResponse.commitStatus.get(TopicAndPartition(topic1, 0)).get)
     assertEquals(Errors.NONE, commitResponse.commitStatus.get(TopicAndPartition(topic2, 0)).get)
+
+    ShutdownServerAndConsumer()
   }
 
   @Test
   def testOffsetsDeleteAfterTopicDeletion() {
+    StartServerAndConsumer()
+
     // set up topic partition
     val topic = "topic"
     val topicPartition = TopicAndPartition(topic, 0)
@@ -326,6 +392,8 @@ class OffsetCommitTest extends ZooKeeperTestHarness {
     val offsetMetadataAndErrorMap = simpleConsumer.fetchOffsets(fetchRequest)
     val offsetMetadataAndError = offsetMetadataAndErrorMap.requestInfo(topicPartition)
     assertEquals(OffsetMetadataAndError.NoOffset, offsetMetadataAndError)
+
+    ShutdownServerAndConsumer()
   }
 
 }