diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d10122..e43d03d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>