diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4bbd7953..aacc50c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -584,15 +584,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "log",
  "metrics",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-sys",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry_api",
  "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "rand",
  "rdkafka",
  "rdkafka-sys",
- "sasl2-sys",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "strum 0.25.0",
@@ -968,21 +965,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1571,32 +1553,6 @@ version = "11.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.57"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bac25ee399abb46215765b1cb35bc0212377e58a061560d8b29b024fd0430e7c"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.0",
- "cfg-if",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.29",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
 version = "0.9.93"
diff --git a/examples/agent_client/Cargo.toml b/examples/agent_client/Cargo.toml
index c892c9d9..f799999d 100644
--- a/examples/agent_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/agent_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ env_logger =    { workspace = true }
 log =           { workspace = true }
 rand =          { version = "0.8.5" }
 rdkafka =       { version = "0.34.0", features = ["sasl"] }
-rdkafka-sys =   { version = "4.3.0" }
+# rdkafka-sys =   { version = "4.3.0" }
+rdkafka-sys =   { version = "4.6.0" }
 serde =         { workspace = true }
 serde_json =    { workspace = true }
 strum =         { version = "0.25", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/examples/cohort_banking_with_sdk/Cargo.toml b/examples/cohort_banking_with_sdk/Cargo.toml
index 059488cc..795828d5 100644
--- a/examples/cohort_banking_with_sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/cohort_banking_with_sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ opentelemetry-stdout =      { version = "0.1.0", features = ["metrics"] }
 opentelemetry_sdk =         { version = "0.20.0", features = ["metrics", "rt-tokio"] }
 opentelemetry  =            { version = "0.20.0", features = ["metrics"] }
 rand =                      { version = "0.8.5" }
-rdkafka =                   { version = "0.34.0", features = ["sasl"] }
-rdkafka-sys =               { version = "4.3.0" }
+rdkafka =                   { version = "0.34.0" }
+# rdkafka-sys =               { version = "4.3.0" }
+rdkafka-sys =               { version = "4.6.0" }
 rust_decimal =              { version = "1.30.0", features = ["db-tokio-postgres", "serde-with-float"] }
 time =                      { version = "0.3.17" }
 tokio-postgres =            { version = "0.7", features = [ "with-uuid-1", "with-serde_json-1" ] }
diff --git a/packages/cohort_sdk/Cargo.toml b/packages/cohort_sdk/Cargo.toml
index c29644d6..af6e26b2 100644
--- a/packages/cohort_sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/cohort_sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["metrics", "rt-tokio"] }
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.20.0" }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5" }
 rdkafka = { version = "0.34.0", features = ["sasl"] }
-rdkafka-sys = { version = "4.3.0" }
-openssl-sys = { version = "0.9" }
-sasl2-sys = { version = "0.1.20" }
-openssl = { version = "0.10.57" }
+rdkafka-sys = { version = "4.6.0" }
+#openssl-sys = { version = "0.9", features = ["vendored"] }
+# sasl2-sys = { version = "0.1.20", features = ["vendored"] }
+#openssl = { version = "0.10.57" }
 #sasl2-sys = { version = "0.1.20", features = ["vendored", "openssl-vendored"] }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/packages/cohort_sdk_js/Cargo.toml b/packages/cohort_sdk_js/Cargo.toml
index 1ab40f02..9365b6f1 100644
--- a/packages/cohort_sdk_js/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/cohort_sdk_js/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ talos_certifier_adapters = { path = "../../packages/talos_certifier_adapters" }
 talos_rdkafka_utils = { path = "../talos_rdkafka_utils" }
 
 async-trait = "0.1.72"
-# rdkafka = { version = "0.34.0", features = ["sasl"] }
-# rdkafka-sys = { version = "4.3.0" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 napi-build = "2.0.1"
diff --git a/packages/talos_agent/Cargo.toml b/packages/talos_agent/Cargo.toml
index f729fc0a..7de79761 100644
--- a/packages/talos_agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/talos_agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env_logger =    { workspace = true }
 log =           { workspace = true }
 multimap =      { version = "0.9.0" }
 rdkafka =       { version = "0.34.0", features = ["sasl"] }
-rdkafka-sys =   { version = "4.3.0" }
+rdkafka-sys =   { version = "4.6.0" }
 serde =         { workspace = true }
 serde_json =    { workspace = true }
 strum =         { version = "0.25", features = ["derive"] }