diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc8735c..212b55e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <version>2.6.3</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>