Container exception java.lang.IllegalStateException: Coordinator selected invalid assignment protocol: null

We are using  spring-kafka and we get an infinite loop error in ConsumerCoordinator.java;

kafka cluster version: 1.0.0

kafka-client version: 1.0.0

2018-08-08 15:24:46,120 ERROR [org.springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer] - Container exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Coordinator selected invalid assignment protocol: null
 at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerCoordinator.onJoinComplete(ConsumerCoordinator.java:217)
 at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator.joinGroupIfNeeded(AbstractCoordinator.java:367)
 at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator.ensureActiveGroup(AbstractCoordinator.java:316)
 at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerCoordinator.poll(ConsumerCoordinator.java:295)
 at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.pollOnce(KafkaConsumer.java:1138)
 at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.poll(KafkaConsumer.java:1103)
 at org.springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer.run(KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java:556)
 at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
2018-08-08 15:24:46,132 INFO [org.springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer] - Consumer stopped
2018-08-08 15:24:46,230 INFO [org.springframework.kafka.listener.KafkaMessageListenerContainer$ListenerConsumer] - Consumer stopped
2018-08-08 15:24:46,234 INFO [org.springfram