diff --git a/docker/openwec.Dockerfile b/docker/openwec.Dockerfile
index 0371bd21..424b8e05 100644
--- a/docker/openwec.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/openwec.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM rust:slim-bookworm as chef 
+FROM rust:slim-bookworm AS chef 
 RUN cargo install cargo-chef 
 WORKDIR /SRC
 
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     clang \
     libssl-dev \
+    libsasl2-2 \
+    libsasl2-modules \
     libkrb5-dev  \
     libsasl2-dev \
     make \
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ ENV APP_USER=openwec
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libgssapi-krb5-2 \
+    libsasl2-2 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && groupadd $APP_USER \
     && useradd -g $APP_USER $APP_USER \
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 4f485239..86676b2f 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mime = "0.3.17"
 quick-xml = "0.36.0"
 roxmltree = "0.20.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.41.0", features = ["full"] }
-rdkafka = { version = "0.37.0", features = ["zstd", "libz", "external-lz4", "ssl", "gssapi"] }
+rdkafka = { version = "0.37.0", features = ["zstd", "libz", "external-lz4", "ssl", "sasl", "gssapi"] }
 regex = "1.11.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.12.1", features = ["v4", "fast-rng"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["derive", "rc"] }