diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e48aee54..66add519c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "hypertimer": "^3.0.0",
     "jasmine": "^2.4.1",
     "jwt-simple": "^0.5.0",
-    "kafka-node": "^0.5.9",
+    "kafka-node": "^2.2.3",
     "lru-cache": "^4.0.1",
     "moment": "^2.13.0",
     "mqtt": "^2.1.3",