diff --git a/dependencies/pom.xml b/dependencies/pom.xml
index 8eea86a..fa97927 100755
--- a/dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
             <groupId>javax</groupId>
             <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-	<dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
             <version>1.3.1</version>
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@
             <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-	<dependency>
-	    <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
-	    <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
-	</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.bundles.repackaged</groupId>
             <artifactId>jersey-guava</artifactId>
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@
             <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>oauth1-client</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-	<dependency>
-	    <groupId>org.json</groupId>
-	    <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-	    <version>20201115</version>
-	</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+            <version>20201115</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
             <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@
             <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
             <version>2.19.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- Kafka Dependency -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/opendaylight/argon/argon-alpine/pom.xml b/opendaylight/argon/argon-alpine/pom.xml
index a7ca5cc..6b29e7a 100644
--- a/opendaylight/argon/argon-alpine/pom.xml
+++ b/opendaylight/argon/argon-alpine/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <properties>
         <image.name>onap/ccsdk-odl-argon-alpine-image</image.name>
         <odl.karaf.artifactId>onap-karaf</odl.karaf.artifactId>
-        <odl.shiro.version>0.16.6</odl.shiro.version>
+        <odl.shiro.version>0.17.8</odl.shiro.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>