diff --git a/src/ConfluentKafkaLibrary/admin_client.py b/src/ConfluentKafkaLibrary/admin_client.py
index dc5a5dd..5813531 100644
--- a/src/ConfluentKafkaLibrary/admin_client.py
+++ b/src/ConfluentKafkaLibrary/admin_client.py
@@ -230,4 +230,10 @@ def alter_configs(self, group_id, resources, **kwargs):
                 return f"Failed to alter config {config.name}: {e}"
             except (TypeError, ValueError ) as e:
                 return f"Invalid input: {e}"
-        return config_results
\ No newline at end of file
+        return config_results
+
+    def close_admin(self, group_id):
+        """Close down and terminate the Kafka Admin.
+        """
+        # simply deleting client will close connection
+        del self.admin_clients[group_id]
\ No newline at end of file