diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2991a37..1766cb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.0</version>
+      <version>2.6.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.beam/beam-sdks-java-io-jdbc -->