diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 22afea529d..e6eaf2b642 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ project(':cruise-control') {
     implementation "org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:${zookeeperVersion}"
     implementation "io.netty:netty-handler:${nettyVersion}"
     implementation "io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:${nettyVersion}"
+    implementation "software.amazon.msk:aws-msk-iam-auth:2.0.2"
     api "org.apache.kafka:kafka_$scalaBinaryVersion:$kafkaVersion"
     api "org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:$kafkaVersion"
     // Add following dependency when upgrading to Kafka 3.5