diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index 8fbffddcb3..3b0ed61baf 100755
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         <akka-http-bom.version>10.2.5</akka-http-bom.version>
         <akka-management.version>1.0.10</akka-management.version>
         <akka-stream-kafka.version>2.1.1</akka-stream-kafka.version>
+        <kafka-client.version>2.8.1</kafka-client.version>
         <hivemq-mqtt-client.version>1.2.2</hivemq-mqtt-client.version>
         <sshd.version>2.7.0</sshd.version>
         <eddsa.version>0.3.0</eddsa.version>
@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@
                 <artifactId>akka-stream-kafka_${scala.version}</artifactId>
                 <version>${akka-stream-kafka.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+                <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+                <version>${kafka-client.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>akka-remote_${scala.version}</artifactId>