diff --git a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java
index 3cfec1606e41f..ba5da1f16e698 100644
--- a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java
+++ b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupCoordinatorShard.java
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ public CoordinatorResult<Map.Entry<AlterShareGroupOffsetsResponseData, Initializ
         AlterShareGroupOffsetsRequestData alterShareGroupOffsetsRequestData
     ) {
         List<CoordinatorRecord> records = new ArrayList<>();
-        ShareGroup group = groupMetadataManager.shareGroup(groupId);
+        ShareGroup group = groupMetadataManager.shareGroup(groupId, Long.MAX_VALUE, true);
         group.validateOffsetsAlterable();
 
         Map.Entry<AlterShareGroupOffsetsResponseData, InitializeShareGroupStateParameters> response = groupMetadataManager.completeAlterShareGroupOffsets(
diff --git a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java
index 4eb7b5241aa7e..0e91f437efcee 100644
--- a/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java
+++ b/group-coordinator/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManager.java
@@ -1171,11 +1171,23 @@ public ShareGroup shareGroup(
         String groupId,
         long committedOffset
     ) throws GroupIdNotFoundException {
-        // Get or create the share group. If the group exists, check that it's empty. If it is created, it is empty.
-        final ShareGroup group = getOrMaybeCreateShareGroup(groupId, true);
+        return shareGroup(groupId, committedOffset, false);
+    }
 
+    public ShareGroup shareGroup(
+            String groupId,
+            long committedOffset,
+            boolean createIfNotExists
+    ) throws GroupIdNotFoundException {
+        Group group;
+        if (createIfNotExists) {
+            // Get or create the share group. If the group exists, check that it's empty. If it is created, it is empty.
+            group = getOrMaybeCreateShareGroup(groupId, true);
+        } else {
+            group = group(groupId, committedOffset);
+        }
         if (group.type() == SHARE) {
-            return group;
+            return (ShareGroup) group;
         } else {
             // We don't support upgrading/downgrading between protocols at the moment so
             // we throw an exception if a group exists with the wrong type.
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/CoordinatorRecordMessageFormatter.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/CoordinatorRecordMessageFormatter.java
index a991a167258c3..3838bf01abacf 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/CoordinatorRecordMessageFormatter.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/CoordinatorRecordMessageFormatter.java
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ public void writeTo(ConsumerRecord<byte[], byte[]> consumerRecord, PrintStream o
 
         try {
             output.write(json.toString().getBytes(UTF_8));
-            output.write('\n');
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }