diff --git a/.github/docker/Dockerfile b/.github/docker/Dockerfile
index d266c29a933a..e3dc58d4003a 100644
--- a/.github/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ COPY --from=builder \
 EXPOSE ${GRPC_TLS_PORT:-2135}
 EXPOSE ${GRPC_PORT:-2136}
 EXPOSE ${MON_PORT:-8765}
+EXPOSE ${YDB_KAFKA_PROXY_PORT:-9092}
 
 HEALTHCHECK --start-period=60s --interval=1s CMD sh ./health_check
 
diff --git a/.github/docker/files/initialize_local_ydb b/.github/docker/files/initialize_local_ydb
index eac175da2ff4..5d3b5943c329 100644
--- a/.github/docker/files/initialize_local_ydb
+++ b/.github/docker/files/initialize_local_ydb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export YDB_GRPC_ENABLE_TLS="true"
 export GRPC_TLS_PORT=${GRPC_TLS_PORT:-2135}
 export GRPC_PORT=${GRPC_PORT:-2136}
 export YDB_GRPC_TLS_DATA_PATH="/ydb_certs"
+export YDB_KAFKA_PROXY_PORT=${YDB_KAFKA_PROXY_PORT:-9092}
 
 # Start local_ydb tool. Pass additional arguments for local_ydb
 /local_ydb deploy --ydb-working-dir /ydb_data --ydb-binary-path /ydbd --fixed-ports --dont-use-log-files "$@";