StreamsException is thrown after the changing `partitions`

$ bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --zookeeper localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 6 --topic word-count-input

public class WordCountApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Properties config = new Properties();
        config.put(StreamsConfig.APPLICATION_ID_CONFIG, "wordcount-application");
...
...

$ java -jar wordcount.jar

KafkaStreams processID: b4a559cb-7075-4ece-a718-5043a432900b
        StreamsThread appId: wordcount-application
...
...

$ bin/kafka-topics.sh --alter --zookeeper localhost:2181 --partitions 8 --topic word-count-input
Adding partitions succeeded!

$ java -jar wordcount.jar

KafkaStreams processID: 8a9cbf03-b841-4cb2-9d44-6456b4520522
        StreamsThread appId: wordcount-applicationn
                StreamsThread clientId: wordcount-applicationn-8a9cbf03-b841-4cb2-9d44-6456b4520522
                StreamsThread threadId: wordcount-applicationn-8a9cbf03-b841-4cb2-9d44-6456b4520522-StreamThread-1
                Active tasks:
                        Running:
                        Suspended:
                        Restoring:
                        New:
                Standby tasks:
                        Running:
                        Suspended:
                        Restoring:
                        New:


Exception in thread "wordcount-application-8a9cbf03-b841-4cb2-9d44-6456b4520522-StreamThread-1" org.apache.kafka.streams.errors.StreamsException: Could not create internal topics.
	at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.InternalTopicManager.makeReady(InternalTopicManager.java:82)
	at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.StreamPartitionAssignor.prepareTopic(StreamPartitionAssignor.java:660)
	at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.StreamPartitionAssignor.assign(StreamPartitionAssignor.java:398)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerCoordinator.performAssignment(ConsumerCoordinator.java:365)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator.onJoinLeader(AbstractCoordinator.java:522)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator.access$1100(AbstractCoordinator.java:93)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator$JoinGroupResponseHandler.handle(AbstractCoordinator.java:472)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator$JoinGroupResponseHandler.handle(AbstractCoordinator.java:455)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator$CoordinatorResponseHandler.onSuccess(AbstractCoordinator.java:808)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator$CoordinatorResponseHandler.onSuccess(AbstractCoordinator.java:788)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.RequestFuture$1.onSuccess(RequestFuture.java:204)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.RequestFuture.fireSuccess(RequestFuture.java:167)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.RequestFuture.complete(RequestFuture.java:127)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient$RequestFutureCompletionHandler.fireCompletion(ConsumerNetworkClient.java:488)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.firePendingCompletedRequests(ConsumerNetworkClient.java:348)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.poll(ConsumerNetworkClient.java:262)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.poll(ConsumerNetworkClient.java:208)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerNetworkClient.poll(ConsumerNetworkClient.java:168)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator.joinGroupIfNeeded(AbstractCoordinator.java:364)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.AbstractCoordinator.ensureActiveGroup(AbstractCoordinator.java:316)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.internals.ConsumerCoordinator.poll(ConsumerCoordinator.java:297)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.pollOnce(KafkaConsumer.java:1078)
	at org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer.poll(KafkaConsumer.java:1043)
	at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.StreamThread.pollRequests(StreamThread.java:536)
	at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.StreamThread.runOnce(StreamThread.java:490)
	at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.StreamThread.runLoop(StreamThread.java:480)
	at org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.internals.StreamThread.run(StreamThread.java:457)