diff --git a/sentry/templates/_helper-sentry.tpl b/sentry/templates/_helper-sentry.tpl
index 7b4310cda..beec57db3 100644
--- a/sentry/templates/_helper-sentry.tpl
+++ b/sentry/templates/_helper-sentry.tpl
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ sentry.conf.py: |-
   SENTRY_EVENTSTREAM = "sentry.eventstream.kafka.KafkaEventStream"
   SENTRY_EVENTSTREAM_OPTIONS = {"producer_configuration": DEFAULT_KAFKA_OPTIONS}
 
-  KAFKA_CLUSTERS["default"] = DEFAULT_KAFKA_OPTIONS
+  KAFKA_CLUSTERS["default"] = {
+      "common": DEFAULT_KAFKA_OPTIONS
+  }
 
   ###############
   # Rate Limits #