diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_kafka/include/cudf_kafka/kafka_consumer.hpp b/cpp/libcudf_kafka/include/cudf_kafka/kafka_consumer.hpp
index 97276447bf3..b9b4b59347e 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_kafka/include/cudf_kafka/kafka_consumer.hpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_kafka/include/cudf_kafka/kafka_consumer.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace cudf {
 namespace io {
-namespace datasource {
+namespace external {
 namespace kafka {
 
 /**
@@ -115,6 +115,6 @@ class kafka_consumer : public cudf::io::datasource {
 };
 
 }  // namespace kafka
-}  // namespace datasource
+}  // namespace external
 }  // namespace io
 }  // namespace cudf
diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_kafka/src/kafka_consumer.cpp b/cpp/libcudf_kafka/src/kafka_consumer.cpp
index c68b8143775..39985c73a6e 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_kafka/src/kafka_consumer.cpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_kafka/src/kafka_consumer.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace cudf {
 namespace io {
-namespace datasource {
+namespace external {
 namespace kafka {
 
 kafka_consumer::kafka_consumer(std::map<std::string, std::string> configs,
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ void kafka_consumer::consume_to_buffer()
 }
 
 }  // namespace kafka
-}  // namespace datasource
+}  // namespace external
 }  // namespace io
 }  // namespace cudf