diff --git a/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/registry.py b/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/registry.py
index ca67c497..6f505cf2 100644
--- a/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/registry.py
+++ b/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/registry.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 import sentry_sdk
-from arroyo.backends.kafka import KafkaPayload, KafkaProducer
+from arroyo.backends.kafka import KafkaPayload
 from arroyo.types import BrokerValue, Topic
 from sentry_protos.taskbroker.v1.taskbroker_pb2 import TaskActivation
 from sentry_sdk.consts import OP, SPANDATA
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from taskbroker_client.retry import Retry
 from taskbroker_client.router import TaskRouter
 from taskbroker_client.task import ExternalTask, P, R, Task
-from taskbroker_client.types import ProducerFactory
+from taskbroker_client.types import ProducerFactory, ProducerProtocol
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.default_processing_deadline_duration = processing_deadline_duration  # seconds
         self.app_feature = app_feature or name
         self._registered_tasks: dict[str, Task[Any, Any]] = {}
-        self._producers: dict[str, KafkaProducer] = {}
+        self._producers: dict[str, ProducerProtocol] = {}
         self._producer_factory = producer_factory
         self.metrics = metrics
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def send_task(self, activation: TaskActivation, wait_for_delivery: bool = False)
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Failed to wait for delivery")
 
-    def _producer(self, topic: str) -> KafkaProducer:
+    def _producer(self, topic: str) -> ProducerProtocol:
         if topic not in self._producers:
             self._producers[topic] = self._producer_factory(topic)
         return self._producers[topic]
diff --git a/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/types.py b/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/types.py
index 7bb59dad..6ab5058e 100644
--- a/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/types.py
+++ b/clients/python/src/taskbroker_client/types.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import dataclasses
 from typing import Callable, Protocol
 
-from arroyo.backends.kafka import KafkaProducer
+from arroyo.backends.abstract import ProducerFuture
+from arroyo.backends.kafka import KafkaPayload
+from arroyo.types import BrokerValue, Topic
 from sentry_protos.taskbroker.v1.taskbroker_pb2 import TaskActivation, TaskActivationStatus
 
 
@@ -13,7 +15,15 @@ class AtMostOnceStore(Protocol):
     def add(self, key: str, value: str, timeout: int) -> bool: ...
 
 
-ProducerFactory = Callable[[str], KafkaProducer]
+class ProducerProtocol(Protocol):
+    """Interface for producers that tasks depend on."""
+
+    def produce(
+        self, topic: Topic, payload: KafkaPayload
+    ) -> ProducerFuture[BrokerValue[KafkaPayload]]: ...
+
+
+ProducerFactory = Callable[[str], ProducerProtocol]
 """
 A factory interface for resolving topics into a KafkaProducer
 that can produce on the provided topic.