diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index ff7d9be950..5321d20db9 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cliff!=2.9.0,!=2.17.0,<3.0.0;python_version=='2.7'  # Apache-2.0
 cliff!=2.9.0,!=2.17.0;python_version>='3.6'  # Apache-2.0
 # NOTE(mordred) python-openstackclient is broken due to bug 1810213
 cmd2!=0.8.3,<0.9.0  # MIT
-confluent-kafka  # Apache-2.0
+confluent-kafka!=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
 cotyledon  # Apache-2.0
 construct<2.9  # MIT
 PuLP  # MIT
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index 4eefced1cc..885510a7b3 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ sphinxcontrib-fulltoc===1.2.0
 smmap2===3.0.1;python_version=='2.7'
 greenlet===0.4.15
 XStatic-Angular-Vis===4.16.0.0
-confluent-kafka===1.4.0
+confluent-kafka===1.3.0
 xvfbwrapper===0.2.9
 futures===3.3.0;python_version=='2.7'
 tosca-parser===1.7.0;python_version=='2.7'