diff --git a/kcat/Dockerfile.ubi8 b/kcat/Dockerfile.ubi8
index 2b69e2134..55f6baa1e 100644
--- a/kcat/Dockerfile.ubi8
+++ b/kcat/Dockerfile.ubi8
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/kcat /usr/local/bin/kafkacat \
     && echo "Installing runtime dependencies for SSL and SASL support ...." \
     && microdnf install dnf \
     && dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm \
-    && dnf install -y ca-certificates \
+    && dnf install -y ca-certificates cyrus-sasl-gssapi \
     && echo "===> clean up ..."  \
     && dnf clean all \
     && rm -rf /tmp/*