diff --git a/modules/kafka/go.mod b/modules/kafka/go.mod
index 7d2f6bc196..97cb0f9e9b 100644
--- a/modules/kafka/go.mod
+++ b/modules/kafka/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.1
+	github.com/docker/docker v27.1.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.5.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.34.0
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/docker/docker v27.1.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20230731223053-c322873962e3 // indirect