diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8df635473..43558179e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <tminglei.version>0.19.6</tminglei.version>
         <slick-hikaricp.version>3.3.1</slick-hikaricp.version>
         <postgresql>42.5.1</postgresql>
-        <kafka.version>2.2.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.6.3</kafka.version>
         <embedded.kafka.version>2.2.0</embedded.kafka.version>
         <commons.configuration2.version>2.8.0</commons.configuration2.version>
         <play-json.version>2.7.3</play-json.version>