diff --git a/src/deploy/carvel/load-images.sh b/src/deploy/carvel/load-images.sh
index 2337b49a91..2b9554597f 100755
--- a/src/deploy/carvel/load-images.sh
+++ b/src/deploy/carvel/load-images.sh
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ case $DATABASE in
 esac
 case $BROKER in
 "kafka")
-    sh "$K8S/load-image.sh" "confluentinc/cp-kafka" "5" false
-    sh "$K8S/load-image.sh" "confluentinc/cp-zookeeper" "5" false
+    sh "$K8S/load-image.sh" "confluentinc/cp-kafka" "5.5.2" false
+    sh "$K8S/load-image.sh" "confluentinc/cp-zookeeper" "5.5.2" false
     ;;
 "rabbit" | "rabbitmq")
     sh "$K8S/load-image.sh" "rabbitmq" "3.8-management" false
diff --git a/src/deploy/k8s/deploy-scdf.sh b/src/deploy/k8s/deploy-scdf.sh
index 8b09323224..e97b665763 100755
--- a/src/deploy/k8s/deploy-scdf.sh
+++ b/src/deploy/k8s/deploy-scdf.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if [ "$K8S_DRIVER" != "tmc" ] && [ "$K8S_DRIVER" != "gke" ]; then
     "kafka")
         # TODO get version from yaml spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
         sh "$SCDIR/load-image.sh" "confluentinc/cp-kafka:5.5.2"
-        sh "$SCDIR/load-image.sh" "confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5"
+        sh "$SCDIR/load-image.sh" "confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.5.2"
         ;;
     "rabbit" | "rabbitmq")
         # TODO get version from yaml spec.template.spec.containers[0].image
diff --git a/src/docker-compose/docker-compose-kafka.yml b/src/docker-compose/docker-compose-kafka.yml
index e06c7d63c8..aad5d47581 100644
--- a/src/docker-compose/docker-compose-kafka.yml
+++ b/src/docker-compose/docker-compose-kafka.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ services:
       - zookeeper
 
   zookeeper:
-    image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5
+    image: confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.5.2
     container_name: dataflow-kafka-zookeeper
     expose:
       - "2181"