# Using Zookeeper with Kafka Broker 3.1.0

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**Category:** Ops\
**Created:** [19 April 2022 00:35 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/using-zookeeper-with-kafka-broker-3-1-0/4798 "2022-04-19T00:35:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cahit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Cahit](https://forum.confluent.io/u/Cahit)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2022 00:35 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/using-zookeeper-with-kafka-broker-3-1-0/4798/1 "2022-04-19T00:35:12Z")

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Hi,

I am wondering can we still use zookeeper with Kafka broker version 3.1.0?

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**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2022 05:03 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/using-zookeeper-with-kafka-broker-3-1-0/4798/2 "2022-04-19T05:03:27Z")

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hi @Cahit

yes you still can use zookeeper and **should** be used in production as  
KRaft mode it’s not ready for production yet (as of Kafka 3.1)

> <https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/26f1c5f91e6d479889dfe5a897ae2de96c576ec0/config/kraft/README.md>

hth,  
michael

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**Author:** ![Cahit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Cahit](https://forum.confluent.io/u/Cahit)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2022 06:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/using-zookeeper-with-kafka-broker-3-1-0/4798/3 "2022-04-19T06:50:41Z")

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> [@mmuehlbeyer](#):
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> [https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/26f1c5f91e6d479889dfe5a897ae2de96c576ec0/config/kraft/README.md](https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/26f1c5f91e6d479889dfe5a897ae2de96c576ec0/config/kraft/README.md)

Thank you @mmuehlbeyer

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/1X/c49438c90c9df282e9996fdf6971be890c71b65a.svg) [@system](https://forum.confluent.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [26 April 2022 06:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/using-zookeeper-with-kafka-broker-3-1-0/4798/4 "2022-04-26T06:50:59Z")

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