diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a5c35e8..1da4cac 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>2.3.1</version>
+			<version>2.6.3</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>