diff --git a/bom/runtime/pom.xml b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
index 0e151d86e6fe5..d884fe6f2cd4c 100644
--- a/bom/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <mutiny.version>0.4.0</mutiny.version>
         <axle-client.version>0.0.13</axle-client.version>
         <mutiny-client.version>0.0.13</mutiny-client.version>
-        <kafka2.version>2.4.1</kafka2.version>
+        <kafka2.version>2.6.3</kafka2.version>
         <debezium.version>1.0.2.Final</debezium.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.4.14</zookeeper.version>
         <!-- Scala is used by Kafka so we need to choose a compatible version -->