Steps: 1. start zookeeper docker run -it --rm --name zookeeper -p 2181:2181 -p 2888:2888 -p 3888:3888 debezium/zookeeper:1.9 2. start kafka docker run -it --rm --name kafka -p 9092:9092 --link zookeeper:zookeeper debezium/kafka 3. get all topics Actual: zookeeper start throwing exceptions like 2022-03-28 19:52:11,904 - WARN  [NIOWorkerThread-3:NIOServerCnxn@373] - Close of session 0x0 java.io.IOException: Unreasonable length = 308375649         at org.apache.jute.BinaryInputArchive.checkLength(BinaryInputArchive.java:166)         at org.apache.jute.BinaryInputArchive.readBuffer(BinaryInputArchive.java:127)         at org.apache.zookeeper.proto.ConnectRequest.deserialize(ConnectRequest.java:91)         at org.apache.zookeeper.server.ZooKeeperServer.processConnectRequest(ZooKeeperServer.java:1350)         at org.apache.zookeeper.server.NIOServerCnxn.readConnectRequest(NIOServerCnxn.java:419)         at org.apache.zookeeper.server.NIOServerCnxn.readPayload(NIOServerCnxn.java:180)         at org.apache.zookeeper.server.NIOServerCnxn.doIO(NIOServerCnxn.java:339)         at org.apache.zookeeper.server.NIOServerCnxnFactory$IOWorkRequest.doWork(NIOServerCnxnFactory.java:522)         at org.apache.zookeeper.server.WorkerService$ScheduledWorkRequest.run(WorkerService.java:154)         at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)         at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)         at java.base/java.lang. Thread .run( Thread .java:829) after some time topic list command throws: $ docker run -it --rm --link zookeeper:zookeeper debezium/kafka:1.9 list-topics WARNING: Using default NODE_ID=1, which is valid only for non-clustered installations. Starting in ZooKeeper mode using NODE_ID=1. Using ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=172.17.0.2:2181 Using configuration config/server.properties. Using KAFKA_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT: //172.17.0.4:9092 and KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://172.17.0.4:9092 Listing topics... Error while executing topic command : Timed out waiting for a node assignment. Call: listTopics [2022-03-28 19:52:11,908] ERROR org.apache.kafka.common.errors.TimeoutException: Timed out waiting for a node assignment. Call: listTopics  (kafka.admin.TopicCommand$) If you will try other versions like 1.8 you find many other problems