diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41ee3b5..c6c7180 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>2.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>