<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId> <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId> <version>2.5.1</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <artifactId>connect-json</artifactId> <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId> </exclusion> <exclusion> <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId> <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId> <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId> <version>2.5.1</version> </dependency>