diff --git a/common/debian/contrail-openstack-database/debian/control.in b/common/debian/contrail-openstack-database/debian/control.in
index 2954d391a..0340798c4 100644
--- a/common/debian/contrail-openstack-database/debian/control.in
+++ b/common/debian/contrail-openstack-database/debian/control.in
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Build-Depends:
 Package: contrail-openstack-database
 Architecture: all
 Maintainer: rrugge <rrugge@juniper.net>
-Depends: zookeeper, contrail-nodemgr, supervisor, contrail-setup, contrail-utils, cassandra (>= 2.1.9), kafka (>= 2.9.2)
+Depends: zookeeper, contrail-nodemgr, supervisor, contrail-setup, contrail-utils, cassandra (>= 2.1.9), kafka (>= 2.11)
 Description: Contrail Openstack database composite debian package
diff --git a/common/rpm/contrail-database.spec b/common/rpm/contrail-database.spec
index 53e217e19..746588be9 100644
--- a/common/rpm/contrail-database.spec
+++ b/common/rpm/contrail-database.spec
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Requires: cassandra21
 %endif
 Requires: supervisor
 Requires: java-1.7.0-openjdk
-Requires: kafka
+Requires: kafka >= 2.11
 
 Source1: supervisord_contrail_database.initd
 Source2: supervisord_database.conf