diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.beam.samza.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.beam.samza.gradle
index 419d244ddb48790cb55efab2207231d6f5691114..44c59317472686cae88d6992382ae081c9b64ace 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.beam.samza.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/theodolite.beam.samza.gradle
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ dependencies {
     implementation('org.apache.beam:beam-runners-samza:2.35.0') {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.samza', module: 'samza-yarn_2.11'
     }
+    implementation 'org.apache.samza:samza-kafka_2.11:1.5.0'
 }
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