diff --git a/.chloggen/move_internal_kafka_to_pkg.yaml b/.chloggen/move_internal_kafka_to_pkg.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8053604a16899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/move_internal_kafka_to_pkg.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: kafkainternal
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: moves internal/kafka to pkg/kafka to allow config to be visible for downstream projects
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [33180]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user, api]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index db9f71d9b5918..8417493b2e902 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ internal/filter/                                  @open-telemetry/collector-cont
 internal/grpcutil/                                @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @jmacd @moh-osman3 @lquerel
 internal/k8sconfig/                               @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @dmitryax
 internal/k8stest/                                 @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @crobert-1
-internal/kafka/                                   @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @pavolloffay @MovieStoreGuy
 internal/kubelet/                                 @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @dmitryax
 internal/metadataproviders/                       @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @Aneurysm9 @dashpole
 internal/otelarrow/                               @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @jmacd @moh-osman3
@@ -147,6 +146,7 @@ pkg/batchpersignal/                               @open-telemetry/collector-cont
 pkg/datadog/                                      @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @mx-psi @dineshg13 @liustanley @songy23 @mackjmr @ankitpatel96 @jade-guiton-dd
 pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata/                   @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @dmitryax
 pkg/golden/                                       @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @djaglowski @atoulme
+pkg/kafka/                                        @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @pavolloffay @MovieStoreGuy
 pkg/kafka/topic/                                  @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @pavolloffay @MovieStoreGuy
 pkg/ottl/                                         @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @TylerHelmuth @kentquirk @bogdandrutu @evan-bradley
 pkg/pdatatest/                                    @open-telemetry/collector-contrib-approvers @djaglowski @fatsheep9146
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
index 98f983d5be272..9716978d64190 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ body:
       - internal/grpcutil
       - internal/k8sconfig
       - internal/k8stest
-      - internal/kafka
       - internal/kubelet
       - internal/metadataproviders
       - internal/otelarrow
@@ -146,6 +145,7 @@ body:
       - pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata
       - pkg/golden
       - pkg/kafka/topic
+      - pkg/kafka
       - pkg/ottl
       - pkg/pdatatest
       - pkg/pdatautil
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
index 04c05ffd67aac..cff589784361b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ body:
       - internal/grpcutil
       - internal/k8sconfig
       - internal/k8stest
-      - internal/kafka
       - internal/kubelet
       - internal/metadataproviders
       - internal/otelarrow
@@ -140,6 +139,7 @@ body:
       - pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata
       - pkg/golden
       - pkg/kafka/topic
+      - pkg/kafka
       - pkg/ottl
       - pkg/pdatatest
       - pkg/pdatautil
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/other.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/other.yaml
index 948fdcf0bd2d3..8056150ab10d7 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/other.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/other.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ body:
       - internal/grpcutil
       - internal/k8sconfig
       - internal/k8stest
-      - internal/kafka
       - internal/kubelet
       - internal/metadataproviders
       - internal/otelarrow
@@ -140,6 +139,7 @@ body:
       - pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata
       - pkg/golden
       - pkg/kafka/topic
+      - pkg/kafka
       - pkg/ottl
       - pkg/pdatatest
       - pkg/pdatautil
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/unmaintained.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/unmaintained.yaml
index 213c8c90c970e..2a611f0661639 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/unmaintained.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/unmaintained.yaml
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ body:
       - internal/grpcutil
       - internal/k8sconfig
       - internal/k8stest
-      - internal/kafka
       - internal/kubelet
       - internal/metadataproviders
       - internal/otelarrow
@@ -145,6 +144,7 @@ body:
       - pkg/experimentalmetricmetadata
       - pkg/golden
       - pkg/kafka/topic
+      - pkg/kafka
       - pkg/ottl
       - pkg/pdatatest
       - pkg/pdatautil
diff --git a/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml b/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml
index b31409e27bae4..f0d67d4d1adc2 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ replaces:
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter => ../../exporter/azuredataexplorerexporter
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig => ../../internal/k8sconfig
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8stest => ../../internal/k8stest
-  - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka => ../../internal/kafka
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/rabbitmq => ../../internal/rabbitmq
+  - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka => ../../pkg/kafka
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/carbonreceiver => ../../receiver/carbonreceiver
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/splunkhecexporter => ../../exporter/splunkhecexporter
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/prometheusexporter => ../../exporter/prometheusexporter
diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/config.go b/exporter/kafkaexporter/config.go
index 09968dd6a7b7c..75114da7d39c4 100644
--- a/exporter/kafkaexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/config.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configretry"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 )
 
 // Config defines configuration for Kafka exporter.
diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/kafkaexporter/config_test.go
index d019a9dab62b2..446c89d96b6e7 100644
--- a/exporter/kafkaexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/config_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter/internal/metadata"
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 )
 
 func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod b/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod
index 11d57c48ffc56..20e08d0ae344e 100644
--- a/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/go.mod
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger v1.62.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.114.0
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/batchpersignal v0.114.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka/topic v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/pdatautil v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger v0.114.0
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ require (
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal => ../../internal/coreinternal
 
-replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka => ../../internal/kafka
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka => ../../pkg/kafka
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/batchpersignal => ../../pkg/batchpersignal
 
diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter.go b/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter.go
index fe3130cecc9cd..469b4d4ba76d0 100644
--- a/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/ptrace"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka/topic"
 )
 
diff --git a/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter_test.go b/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter_test.go
index 80b56d05dbc84..243dffc201ee0 100644
--- a/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/kafkaexporter/kafka_exporter_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka/topic"
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/kafka/Makefile b/pkg/kafka/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/kafka/Makefile
rename to pkg/kafka/Makefile
diff --git a/internal/kafka/authentication.go b/pkg/kafka/authentication.go
similarity index 97%
rename from internal/kafka/authentication.go
rename to pkg/kafka/authentication.go
index 491f02985a65f..c95ada965deab 100644
--- a/internal/kafka/authentication.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/authentication.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package kafka // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+package kafka // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/IBM/sarama"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka/awsmsk"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka/awsmsk"
 )
 
 // Authentication defines authentication.
diff --git a/internal/kafka/authentication_test.go b/pkg/kafka/authentication_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/kafka/authentication_test.go
rename to pkg/kafka/authentication_test.go
diff --git a/internal/kafka/awsmsk/doc.go b/pkg/kafka/awsmsk/doc.go
similarity index 90%
rename from internal/kafka/awsmsk/doc.go
rename to pkg/kafka/awsmsk/doc.go
index 94ac3cee7d7ab..a0afa5b548323 100644
--- a/internal/kafka/awsmsk/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/awsmsk/doc.go
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 // Further details on how the SASL connector works can be viewed here:
 //
 //	https://github.com/aws/aws-msk-iam-auth#details
-package awsmsk // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka/awsmsk"
+package awsmsk // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka/awsmsk"
diff --git a/internal/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client.go b/pkg/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client.go
similarity index 99%
rename from internal/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client.go
rename to pkg/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client.go
index b7098a322c9ff..ba82cfff4d640 100644
--- a/internal/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package awsmsk // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka/awsmsk"
+package awsmsk // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka/awsmsk"
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
diff --git a/internal/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client_test.go b/pkg/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client_test.go
rename to pkg/kafka/awsmsk/iam_scram_client_test.go
diff --git a/internal/kafka/awsmsk/package_test.go b/pkg/kafka/awsmsk/package_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/kafka/awsmsk/package_test.go
rename to pkg/kafka/awsmsk/package_test.go
diff --git a/internal/kafka/go.mod b/pkg/kafka/go.mod
similarity index 99%
rename from internal/kafka/go.mod
rename to pkg/kafka/go.mod
index 9a455f47d82bb..2cdcb44986fe9 100644
--- a/internal/kafka/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/kafka/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka
+module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka
 
 go 1.22.0
 
diff --git a/internal/kafka/go.sum b/pkg/kafka/go.sum
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/kafka/go.sum
rename to pkg/kafka/go.sum
diff --git a/internal/kafka/metadata.yaml b/pkg/kafka/metadata.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/kafka/metadata.yaml
rename to pkg/kafka/metadata.yaml
diff --git a/internal/kafka/package_test.go b/pkg/kafka/package_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/kafka/package_test.go
rename to pkg/kafka/package_test.go
diff --git a/internal/kafka/scram_client.go b/pkg/kafka/scram_client.go
similarity index 97%
rename from internal/kafka/scram_client.go
rename to pkg/kafka/scram_client.go
index 269dcfbd77134..22055d1c40085 100644
--- a/internal/kafka/scram_client.go
+++ b/pkg/kafka/scram_client.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package kafka // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+package kafka // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 
 import (
 	"github.com/IBM/sarama"
diff --git a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config.go b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config.go
index 8b45224ea4865..1750925317630 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package kafkametricsreceiver // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
diff --git a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config_test.go
index 63506b66c2ab1..3b4d0ac040d90 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/config_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
diff --git a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/go.mod
index cba65e9e52c3c..8ae004e8a0c6a 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.0
 require (
 	github.com/IBM/sarama v1.43.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka v0.114.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka v0.114.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.114.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest v0.114.0
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka => ../../internal/kafka
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka => ../../pkg/kafka
 
 // see https://github.com/distribution/distribution/issues/3590
 exclude github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.0+incompatible
diff --git a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver.go
index e4496124ded21..620ce43b60757 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
diff --git a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver_test.go b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver_test.go
index e63f16248e1a3..e1ca499cbe659 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver_test.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkametricsreceiver/receiver_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/receivertest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 )
 
 func TestNewReceiver_invalid_version_err(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go b/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go
index 5b25c7c7c5f30..7370b7d239dc7 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkareceiver/config.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter"
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 )
 
 type AutoCommit struct {
diff --git a/receiver/kafkareceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/kafkareceiver/config_test.go
index b5e7faa1dc930..600149b01e624 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkareceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkareceiver/config_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter"
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/kafkareceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
diff --git a/receiver/kafkareceiver/go.mod b/receiver/kafkareceiver/go.mod
index a9cb4c77a7585..7ec578b4ca2b2 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkareceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/kafkareceiver/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal v0.114.0
-	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka v0.114.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/azure v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger v0.114.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/zipkin v0.114.0
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafka
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal => ../../internal/coreinternal
 
-replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka => ../../internal/kafka
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka => ../../pkg/kafka
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/translator/jaeger => ../../pkg/translator/jaeger
 
diff --git a/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver.go b/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver.go
index 6d2140b39aaed..c8171d470ba9b 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/kafkareceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
diff --git a/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver_test.go b/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver_test.go
index e353974acd918..11e76fb1e51b3 100644
--- a/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver_test.go
+++ b/receiver/kafkareceiver/kafka_receiver_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/kafkaexporter"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/textutils"
-	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/kafkareceiver/internal/metadata"
 )
 
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 0f6bcab275614..952fa3c3d5bd3 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module-sets:
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/grpcutil
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8sconfig
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/k8stest
-      - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kafka
+      - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/kafka
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/kubelet
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/metadataproviders
       - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/pdatautil