diff --git a/kpops/components/base_components/base_defaults_component.py b/kpops/components/base_components/base_defaults_component.py
index f63eaf5c2..3ad8ac894 100644
--- a/kpops/components/base_components/base_defaults_component.py
+++ b/kpops/components/base_components/base_defaults_component.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 from abc import ABC
 from collections.abc import Hashable, Sequence
-from dataclasses import asdict, is_dataclass
+from dataclasses import asdict
 from functools import cached_property
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, TypeVar
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from kpops.component_handlers import ComponentHandlers
 from kpops.config import KpopsConfig
 from kpops.utils import cached_classproperty
+from kpops.utils.dataclasses import is_dataclass_instance
 from kpops.utils.dict_ops import (
     generate_substitution,
     update_nested,
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ def extend_with_defaults(cls, config: KpopsConfig, **kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, A
         for k, v in kwargs.items():
             if isinstance(v, pydantic.BaseModel):
                 kwargs[k] = v.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
-            elif is_dataclass(v):
+            elif is_dataclass_instance(v):
                 kwargs[k] = asdict(v)
 
         defaults_file_paths_ = get_defaults_file_paths(
diff --git a/kpops/utils/dataclasses.py b/kpops/utils/dataclasses.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16db70d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kpops/utils/dataclasses.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from dataclasses import is_dataclass
+
+
+def is_dataclass_instance(obj: object) -> bool:
+    return is_dataclass(obj) and not isinstance(obj, type)