diff --git a/tests/integration/kafka/pom.xml b/tests/integration/kafka/pom.xml
index fc5e862c68a..785952dc544 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>