diff --git a/requirements-swh-journal.txt b/requirements-swh-journal.txt
--- a/requirements-swh-journal.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh-journal.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-swh.journal >= 0.0.31
+swh.journal >= 0.1.0
diff --git a/swh/storage/tests/test_kafka_writer.py b/swh/storage/tests/test_kafka_writer.py
--- a/swh/storage/tests/test_kafka_writer.py
+++ b/swh/storage/tests/test_kafka_writer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 
 def test_storage_direct_writer(kafka_prefix: str, kafka_server, consumer: Consumer):
-    kafka_prefix += ".swh.journal.objects"
 
     writer_config = {
         "cls": "kafka",