diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 604aee3..ce0f5fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.0</version>
+        <version>2.6.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- logging -->
       <dependency>