diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9446175..d09f8e7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.81
 	github.com/pioz/faker v1.7.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0
 	go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.13.1
 )
 
@@ -27,9 +28,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.0.0-20171201202039-1bf9dbcd8cbe // indirect
+	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.50.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 47dc901..a8cfb8d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.81 h1:SzhMN0TQ6T/xSBu6Nvw3M5M8voM+Ht8RH3hE8S7z
 github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.81/go.mod h1:84gmIilaX4zcvAWWzJ5Z1WI5axN+hAbM5w25xf8xvC0=
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.0.0-20171201202039-1bf9dbcd8cbe h1:iruDEfMl2E6fbMZ9s0scYfZQ84/6SPL6zC8ACM2oIL0=
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.0.0-20171201202039-1bf9dbcd8cbe/go.mod h1:wL8QJuTMNUDYhXwkmfOly8iTdp5TEcJFWZD2D7SIkUc=
+github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21 h1:yOVMLb6qSIDP67pl/5F7RepeKYu/VmTyEXvuMI5d9mQ=
+github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/pioz/faker v1.7.3 h1:Tez8Emuq0UN+/d6mo3a9m/9ZZ/zdfJk0c5RtRatrceM=
 github.com/pioz/faker v1.7.3/go.mod h1:xSpay5w/oz1a6+ww0M3vfpe40pSIykeUPeWEc3TvVlc=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -52,6 +54,10 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0 h1:25FjMZfdozBywVX+5xrWC2W+W76i0xykKjTdEeD2ejw=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0/go.mod h1:zXCGy74M0p5FbXsLeASdyvfLFsBvTubVqctIaa5wQ+I=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.9.0 h1:JojYUph2TKAau6SBtErXpXGC7E3gg4vGZMv9xFU/B6M=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.9.0/go.mod h1:CMbfazviCyY6HM0SXuG5t9vOwYDHRCSrJJyBAe5paqg=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.50.0 h1:H7fweIlBm0rXLs2q0XbalvJ6r0CUPFWK3/bB4N13e9M=
diff --git a/validate/common.go b/validate/common.go
index f4abd33..8e509d0 100644
--- a/validate/common.go
+++ b/validate/common.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
 	"github.com/pioz/faker"
+	"github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kgo"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
 	"log"
@@ -207,3 +208,39 @@ func ValidateSmtp(apiKey string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func ValidateKafka(brokers []string, topic string) error {
+	if len(brokers) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("kafka brokers is empty")
+	}
+	if topic == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("kafka topic is empty")
+	}
+
+	for _, addr := range brokers {
+		if addr == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("empty kafka broker")
+		}
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	kafkaClient, err := kgo.NewClient(
+		kgo.SeedBrokers(brokers...),
+		kgo.ConsumeResetOffset(kgo.NewOffset().AtStart()),
+		kgo.DefaultProduceTopic(topic),
+		kgo.ConsumeTopics(topic),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer kafkaClient.Close()
+
+	err = kafkaClient.Ping(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/validate/validate_test.go b/validate/validate_test.go
index f9b2468..6737a75 100644
--- a/validate/validate_test.go
+++ b/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ func TestValidateSmtp(t *testing.T) {
 	err := ValidateSmtp("P0YsjUB137upXrr1NiJefHmXVKW1hmBWlpev")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestValidateKafka(t *testing.T) {
+	err := ValidateKafka([]string{"localhost:9092"}, "test-topic")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}