diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5e5a209..e28706d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ version = "0.32.2"
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 dependencies = [
- "bindgen 0.72.1",
+ "bindgen",
  "cc",
  "cmake",
  "dunce",
@@ -267,24 +267,6 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f58bf3d7db68cfbac37cfc485a8d711e87e064c3d0fe0435b92f7a407f9d6b3"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cexpr",
- "clang-sys",
- "itertools 0.12.1",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bindgen"
 version = "0.72.1"
@@ -1337,18 +1319,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libz-sys"
-version = "1.1.22"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b70e7a7df205e92a1a4cd9aaae7898dac0aa555503cc0a649494d0d60e7651d"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.15"
@@ -1501,28 +1471,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num_enum"
-version = "0.7.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a973b4e44ce6cad84ce69d797acf9a044532e4184c4f267913d1b546a0727b7a"
-dependencies = [
- "num_enum_derive",
- "rustversion",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num_enum_derive"
-version = "0.7.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77e878c846a8abae00dd069496dbe8751b16ac1c3d6bd2a7283a938e8228f90d"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-crate",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.36.7"
@@ -1544,28 +1492,6 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-src"
-version = "300.5.1+3.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "735230c832b28c000e3bc117119e6466a663ec73506bc0a9907ea4187508e42a"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.109"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90096e2e47630d78b7d1c20952dc621f957103f8bc2c8359ec81290d75238571"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "openssl-src",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
 version = "0.30.0"
@@ -1717,12 +1643,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.32"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1748,15 +1668,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-crate"
-version = "3.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "edce586971a4dfaa28950c6f18ed55e0406c1ab88bbce2c6f6293a7aaba73d35"
-dependencies = [
- "toml_edit",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.94"
@@ -1906,39 +1817,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rdkafka"
-version = "0.38.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f1856d72dbbbea0d2a5b2eaf6af7fb3847ef2746e883b11781446a51dbc85c0"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-util",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "rdkafka-sys",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "slab",
- "tokio",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rdkafka-sys"
-version = "4.9.0+2.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5230dca48bc354d718269f3e4353280e188b610f7af7e2fcf54b7a79d5802872"
-dependencies = [
- "cmake",
- "libc",
- "libz-sys",
- "num_enum",
- "openssl-sys",
- "pkg-config",
- "zstd-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "read-restrict"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -2000,7 +1878,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "rotel"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/streamfold/rotel?rev=b9be5b421333633ee920dc6afaf89fb92db77bf1#b9be5b421333633ee920dc6afaf89fb92db77bf1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/streamfold/rotel?rev=add1cd00f36d7782d90fa267722a5668d4188c77#add1cd00f36d7782d90fa267722a5668d4188c77"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "bytes",
@@ -2034,7 +1912,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "rdkafka",
  "read-restrict",
  "regex",
  "rustls",
@@ -2576,23 +2453,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml_datetime"
-version = "0.6.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22cddaf88f4fbc13c51aebbf5f8eceb5c7c5a9da2ac40a13519eb5b0a0e8f11c"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.22.27"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
-dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
- "toml_datetime",
- "winnow",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
 version = "0.13.1"
@@ -2860,12 +2720,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vcpkg"
-version = "0.2.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
@@ -3137,15 +2991,6 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winnow"
-version = "0.7.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3edebf492c8125044983378ecb5766203ad3b4c2f7a922bd7dd207f6d443e95"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -3285,14 +3130,3 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn",
 ]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zstd-sys"
-version = "2.0.15+zstd.1.5.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eb81183ddd97d0c74cedf1d50d85c8d08c1b8b68ee863bdee9e706eedba1a237"
-dependencies = [
- "bindgen 0.71.1",
- "cc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ebbe176..cae5f56 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rustls = "0.23.20"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["env-filter"] }
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
 tower = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["retry", "timeout"] }
-rotel = { git = "https://github.com/streamfold/rotel", rev = "b9be5b421333633ee920dc6afaf89fb92db77bf1", default-features = false, features = ["rdkafka"] }
+rotel = { git = "https://github.com/streamfold/rotel", rev = "add1cd00f36d7782d90fa267722a5668d4188c77", default-features = false}
 opentelemetry-proto = "0.30.0"
 chrono = "0.4.40"
 opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = { version = "0.30.0", features = ["semconv_experimental"] }