diff --git a/vividus-plugin-kafka/build.gradle b/vividus-plugin-kafka/build.gradle
index 3abdba72b7..d94ecbdc80 100644
--- a/vividus-plugin-kafka/build.gradle
+++ b/vividus-plugin-kafka/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project.description = 'Vividus plugin for Apache Kafka'
 
-ext.springKafkaVersion = '2.7.8'
+ext.springKafkaVersion = '2.8.2'
 
 dependencies {
     api project(':vividus-engine')
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':vividus-util')
 
     implementation(group: 'org.springframework.kafka', name: 'spring-kafka', version: "${springKafkaVersion}")
+    implementation(group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: versions.slf4j)
 
     testImplementation platform(group: 'org.junit', name: 'junit-bom', version: versions.junit)
     testImplementation(group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter')