diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 18b9882..faa67be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>2.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
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