diff --git a/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py
index 0f781e0e1c6..68d3f58a63a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/apache_kafka/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
                 vol.Required(CONF_TOPIC): cv.string,
                 vol.Optional(CONF_FILTER, default={}): FILTER_SCHEMA,
                 vol.Optional(CONF_SECURITY_PROTOCOL, default="PLAINTEXT"): vol.In(
-                    ["PLAINTEXT", "SASL_SSL"]
+                    ["PLAINTEXT", "SSL", "SASL_SSL"]
                 ),
                 vol.Optional(CONF_USERNAME): cv.string,
                 vol.Optional(CONF_PASSWORD): cv.string,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class KafkaManager:
         port: int,
         topic: str,
         entities_filter: EntityFilter,
-        security_protocol: Literal["PLAINTEXT", "SASL_SSL"],
+        security_protocol: Literal["PLAINTEXT", "SSL", "SASL_SSL"],
         username: str | None,
         password: str | None,
     ) -> None: