diff --git a/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml b/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml
index ab1825e..dc0d8ea 100644
--- a/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/wordCount/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.storm</groupId>
             <artifactId>storm-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.1</version>
+            <version>1.2.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>