diff --git a/src/vnt_manager/requirements.in b/src/vnt_manager/requirements.in
index b8f65bceeb5f5b65af49d04a01adbd6f41f0f18c..e0ed4a0d1c9d187f55e6730418cbc4f4c0c59e67 100644
--- a/src/vnt_manager/requirements.in
+++ b/src/vnt_manager/requirements.in
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+confluent-kafka==2.10.0
 kafka-python==2.0.6
 #websockets==12.0