diff --git a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go
index c19e5b612..8027aff6c 100644
--- a/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go
+++ b/weed/mq/kafka/protocol/handler.go
@@ -313,9 +313,10 @@ func (h *Handler) handleApiVersions(correlationID uint32) ([]byte, error) {
 	response = append(response, 0, 3)  // max version 3
 
 	// API Key 3 (Metadata): api_key(2) + min_version(2) + max_version(2)
+	// TEMPORARY: Force v0 only until kafka-go compatibility issue is resolved
 	response = append(response, 0, 3) // API key 3
 	response = append(response, 0, 0) // min version 0
-	response = append(response, 0, 1) // max version 1
+	response = append(response, 0, 0) // max version 0 (force v0 for kafka-go compatibility)
 
 	// API Key 2 (ListOffsets): api_key(2) + min_version(2) + max_version(2)
 	response = append(response, 0, 2) // API key 2
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleMetadataV0(correlationID uint32, requestBody []byte) ([]
 func (h *Handler) HandleMetadataV1(correlationID uint32, requestBody []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	// TEMPORARY: Use v0 format as base and add only the essential v1 differences
 	// This is to debug the kafka-go parsing issue
-	
+
 	response := make([]byte, 0, 256)
 
 	// Correlation ID
@@ -571,12 +572,12 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleMetadataV1(correlationID uint32, requestBody []byte) ([]
 
 	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Metadata v1 response for %d topics: %v\n", len(topicsToReturn), topicsToReturn)
 	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Metadata v1 response hex dump (%d bytes): %x\n", len(response), response)
-	
+
 	// CRITICAL DEBUG: Let's also compare with v0 format
 	v0Response, _ := h.HandleMetadataV0(correlationID, requestBody)
 	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: Metadata v0 response hex dump (%d bytes): %x\n", len(v0Response), v0Response)
-	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: v1 vs v0 length difference: %d bytes\n", len(response) - len(v0Response))
-	
+	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: v1 vs v0 length difference: %d bytes\n", len(response)-len(v0Response))
+
 	return response, nil
 }
 
@@ -1109,6 +1110,10 @@ func (h *Handler) handleMetadata(correlationID uint32, apiVersion uint16, reques
 		return h.HandleMetadataV0(correlationID, requestBody)
 	case 1:
 		return h.HandleMetadataV1(correlationID, requestBody)
+	case 2, 3, 4, 5, 6:
+		// For now, use v1 format for higher versions (kafka-go compatibility)
+		// TODO: Implement proper v2-v6 formats with additional fields
+		return h.HandleMetadataV1(correlationID, requestBody)
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("metadata version %d not implemented yet", apiVersion)
 	}