diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1c54f2de..f59fded9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: uptane/ci:jvm17-latest
     services:
-      kafka:
-        image: spotify/kafka
-
       db:
         image: mariadb:10.4
         env:
@@ -25,6 +22,11 @@ jobs:
       DB_URL: "jdbc:mariadb://db:3306/libats"
 
     steps:
+      - name: Run Confluent Platform (Confluent Server)
+        uses: confluentinc/cp-all-in-one@v0.1
+        with:
+          service: broker
+          github-branch-version: 7.1.1-post
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
diff --git a/libats-messaging/build.sbt b/libats-messaging/build.sbt
index b7f5edaf..69cac6f7 100644
--- a/libats-messaging/build.sbt
+++ b/libats-messaging/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name := "libats-messaging"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream-kafka" % "2.1.1"
+  "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-stream-kafka" % "3.0.1"
 )