diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5bd3a41..de9ff73 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka</artifactId>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+						<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
+			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 </project>