diff --git a/kafka-kubernetes/roles/kafka/templates/zookeeper.yml.j2 b/kafka-kubernetes/roles/kafka/templates/zookeeper.yml.j2
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: zookeeper
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: zookeeper
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: zookeeper
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: zookeeper
+        image: zoo:latest
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 2181
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: zookeeper-headless
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+  selector:
+    app: zookeeper
+  ports:
+  - port: 2181
+    targetPort: 2181
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