diff --git a/backend/bin/kafkaConsumer/common/createKafkaConsumer.ts b/backend/bin/kafkaConsumer/common/createKafkaConsumer.ts
index dc5e25d0a..d0b905b5a 100644
--- a/backend/bin/kafkaConsumer/common/createKafkaConsumer.ts
+++ b/backend/bin/kafkaConsumer/common/createKafkaConsumer.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const createKafkaConsumer = ({
     offset_commit_cb: logCommit(logger),
     "enable.auto.commit": false,
     "partition.assignment.strategy": "roundrobin",
+    "security.protocol": "ssl",
   }
   if (KAFKA_DEBUG_CONTEXTS) {
     globalConfig["debug"] = KAFKA_DEBUG_CONTEXTS