diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
index 334aa6c9aac..2df7a897765 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/KafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public String[] helperClassNames() {
     return new String[] {
       packageName + ".KafkaDecorator",
       packageName + ".KafkaConsumerInfo",
+      packageName + ".KafkaConsumerInstrumentationHelper",
       "datadog.trace.instrumentation.kafka_common.ClusterIdHolder",
     };
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
index 4b415b0bc97..39ff5fafb6c 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka/kafka-clients-3.8/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/kafka_clients38/LegacyKafkaConsumerInfoInstrumentation.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public String[] helperClassNames() {
     return new String[] {
       packageName + ".KafkaDecorator",
       packageName + ".KafkaConsumerInfo",
+      packageName + ".KafkaConsumerInstrumentationHelper",
       "datadog.trace.instrumentation.kafka_common.ClusterIdHolder",
     };
   }