diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0f771ae..026f7fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ anyhow = "1.0.89"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 futures-util = "0.3.31"
 prost = "0.13.3"
-rdkafka = { version = "0.36.2", features = ["sasl", "tokio", "tracing"] }
+rdkafka = { version = "0.36.2", features = [
+  "libz",
+  "sasl",
+  "tokio",
+  "tracing",
+] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.128"
 snmalloc-rs = "0.3.6"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f1054fa..521595e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
   libsasl2-dev \
   libssl-dev \
   pkg-config \
+  zlib1g-dev \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 COPY . /src/
 WORKDIR /src/