diff --git a/ncds-sdk/pom.xml b/ncds-sdk/pom.xml
index 894579e..322d51b 100644
--- a/ncds-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/ncds-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nasdaq.ncds</groupId>
         <artifactId>ncds</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.5</version>
+        <version>0.9.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>ncds-sdk</artifactId>
@@ -56,12 +56,6 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- Kafka -auth -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>kafka-oauth-common</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!--  Testing -->
 
         <!-- Kafka -->
diff --git a/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/consumer/NasdaqKafkaAvroConsumer.java b/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/consumer/NasdaqKafkaAvroConsumer.java
index 49f4e76..23ae794 100644
--- a/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/consumer/NasdaqKafkaAvroConsumer.java
+++ b/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/consumer/NasdaqKafkaAvroConsumer.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 import com.nasdaq.ncdsclient.internal.utils.IsItJunit;
 import com.nasdaq.ncdsclient.internal.utils.KafkaConfigLoader;
 import com.nasdaq.ncdsclient.news.NewsUtil;
-import io.strimzi.kafka.oauth.common.ConfigProperties;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
@@ -216,14 +215,6 @@ public KafkaConsumer getNewsConsumer(String topic) throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-    private String getDate(){
-        // Get Today's EST date
-        DateFormat dateformat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
-        dateformat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/New_York"));
-        String date = dateformat.format(new Date());
-        return date;
-    }
-
     private KafkaConsumer seekToMidNight(TopicPartition topicPartition){
         Map<TopicPartition,Long> timestmaps = new HashMap();
         timestmaps.put(topicPartition , getTodayMidNightTimeStamp());
diff --git a/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/internal/ReadSchemaTopic.java b/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/internal/ReadSchemaTopic.java
index 077c57c..c2faf3c 100644
--- a/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/internal/ReadSchemaTopic.java
+++ b/ncds-sdk/src/main/java/com/nasdaq/ncdsclient/internal/ReadSchemaTopic.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import com.nasdaq.ncdsclient.internal.utils.IsItJunit;
 import com.nasdaq.ncdsclient.internal.utils.KafkaConfigLoader;
-import io.strimzi.kafka.oauth.common.ConfigProperties;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.*;
@@ -121,9 +120,9 @@ private KafkaAvroConsumer getConsumer(String cleindId) throws Exception {
         //Properties kafkaProps = null;
         try {
 
-            if(!IsItJunit.isJUnitTest()) {
-                ConfigProperties.resolveAndExportToSystemProperties(securityProps);
-            }
+//            if(!IsItJunit.isJUnitTest()) {
+//                ConfigProperties.resolveAndExportToSystemProperties(securityProps);
+//            }
 
             Schema.Parser parser = new Schema.Parser();
             //controlMessageSchema = parser.parse(ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream("ControlMessageSchema.avsc"));
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ private KafkaAvroConsumer getConsumer(String cleindId) throws Exception {
             kafkaProps.put(ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG, OffsetResetStrategy.EARLIEST.toString().toLowerCase());
             kafkaProps.put(ConsumerConfig.GROUP_ID_CONFIG, cleindId);
             kafkaProps.put(ConsumerConfig.MAX_PARTITION_FETCH_BYTES_CONFIG, "5048576");
-            ConfigProperties.resolve(kafkaProps);
+//            ConfigProperties.resolve(kafkaProps);
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             throw e;
diff --git a/ncds-sdk/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/ncds-sdk/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e910f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncds-sdk/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="DEBUG">
+    <Appenders>
+        <File name="LogToFile" fileName="logs/unittest/log.out" append="false" immediateFlush="true">
+            <PatternLayout>
+                <Pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n</Pattern>
+            </PatternLayout>
+        </File>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="INFO">
+            <AppenderRef ref="LogToFile"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/ncdssdk-client/pom.xml b/ncdssdk-client/pom.xml
index 51343ee..3ee442b 100644
--- a/ncdssdk-client/pom.xml
+++ b/ncdssdk-client/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nasdaq.ncds</groupId>
         <artifactId>ncds</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.5</version>
+        <version>0.9.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>ncdssdk-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27a59ea..6a94759 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.nasdaq.ncds</groupId>
     <artifactId>ncds</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.5</version>
+    <version>0.9.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Nasdaq Cloud Data Service </name>
 
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.94.Final</netty.version>
         <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
-        <strimzi.oauth.version>0.12.0</strimzi.oauth.version>
         <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
         <junit5.version>5.7.2</junit5.version>
         <junit5PlatformProvider.version>1.3.2</junit5PlatformProvider.version>
@@ -116,18 +115,6 @@
                 <version>${kafka.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <!--Kafka Auth Dependency-->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kafka-oauth-client</artifactId>
-                <version>${strimzi.oauth.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.strimzi</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kafka-oauth-common</artifactId>
-                <version>${strimzi.oauth.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>