diff --git a/python/hopsworks_common/decorators.py b/python/hopsworks_common/decorators.py
index c04904ed8..4f3a7798b 100644
--- a/python/hopsworks_common/decorators.py
+++ b/python/hopsworks_common/decorators.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def g(*args, **kwds):
 
     return g
 
-def uses_kafka(f):
+def uses_confluent_kafka(f):
     @functools.wraps(f)
     def g(*args, **kwds):
         if not HAS_CONFLUENT_KAFKA:
diff --git a/python/hsfs/core/kafka_engine.py b/python/hsfs/core/kafka_engine.py
index a180855aa..b3bac7509 100644
--- a/python/hsfs/core/kafka_engine.py
+++ b/python/hsfs/core/kafka_engine.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 from hopsworks_common import client
 from hopsworks_common.core.constants import HAS_NUMPY
-from hopsworks_common.decorators import uses_kafka
+from hopsworks_common.decorators import uses_confluent_kafka
 from hsfs.core import storage_connector_api
 from hsfs.core.constants import (
     HAS_AVRO,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     from hsfs.feature_group import ExternalFeatureGroup, FeatureGroup
 
 
-@uses_kafka
+@uses_confluent_kafka
 def init_kafka_consumer(
     feature_store_id: int,
     offline_write_options: Dict[str, Any],
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def _init_kafka_resources(
     return producer, headers, feature_writers, writer
 
 
-@uses_kafka
+@uses_confluent_kafka
 def init_kafka_producer(
     feature_store_id: int,
     offline_write_options: Dict[str, Any],
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def init_kafka_producer(
     return Producer(get_kafka_config(feature_store_id, offline_write_options))
 
 
-@uses_kafka
+@uses_confluent_kafka
 def kafka_get_offsets(
     topic_name: str,
     feature_store_id: int,
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def get_kafka_config(
     return config
 
 
-@uses_kafka
+@uses_confluent_kafka
 def build_ack_callback_and_optional_progress_bar(
     n_rows: int, is_multi_part_insert: bool, offline_write_options: Dict[str, Any]
 ) -> Tuple[Callable, Optional[tqdm]]: